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    Web development trends (estimation)

    By Gareth Heyes (@hackvertor)

    Published 18 years 6 months ago • Last updated March 22, 2025 • ⏱️ < 1 min read

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    I found this interesting, although obviously not 100% accurate it gives a good indication of development trends. I've compared server side languages and javascript frameworks.

    <div id=legend> <font size=-1><b> <font color="#4684ee">jquery</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#dc3912">scriptaculous</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#ff9900">dojo toolkit</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#008000">yui yahoo</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#4942cc">ext js</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></font> </div>

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    <div id=legend> <font size=-1><b> <font color="#4684ee">php</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#dc3912">asp | asp.net</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#ff9900">ruby on rails</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#008000">jsp</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#4942cc">python</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></font> </div> [![php,asp,ruby+on+rails,jsp,Python](http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=php,asp+%7C+asp.net,ruby+on+rails,jsp,Python&date=all&geo=GB&graph=weekly_img&ctab=0&sa=N)](http://www.google.com/trends?q=php%2Casp+%7C+asp.net%2Cruby+on+rails%2Cjsp%2CPython&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0)

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