Re: [tlug] [SEMI OT (or is that fairly OT)] Work relate questions

["Zev Blut" <zb@example.com>]

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:42:15 +0900, Godwin Stewart  
<godwin.stewart@example.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 10:06:04 +0900, "Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>
> wrote:
>
> > > Which languages are important to know these days for web
> > > development?
> >
> > XHTML, CSS, and Javascript are must-haves. Perl is in pretty wide use.
> > Ruby is popular in Japan and a cool language to boot.
>
> PHP is in far wider use than Perl or Ruby in Europe at least. In fact I
> work pretty much exclusively in that language. Does it not have any
> followers at all in Japan?

I hate to say it, but I think PHP is by far one of the most popular
languages in Japan.  After that is probably Perl then Ruby.  Of
course, Java and .Net/VB might be higher than PHP.  This is coming
from experience interviewing candidates and also some older Japanese
trade magazines like ASCII and JavaWorld, SoftwareDesign etc...
Things might have changed a bit since then, but I am confident that
PHP is very popular here in Japan.

Zev