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10 years of the Technology Radar Language and Frameworks Spotlight
10 years of the Technology Radar Language and Frameworks Spotlight
10 years of the Technology Radar

Languages & Frameworks Spotlight

10 years of Radar Back

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ Technology Radar has been tracking changes in the tech landscape for a decade.

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There have been huge changes in the Language and Framework space — here, we look back at some of the most notable blips that have appeared in theÌýquadrant.

2010

Adopt

JavaScript as a first class languageÌý|ÌýRuby

Ìý

Trial

Domain-Specific LanguagesÌý|ÌýGroovy

Ìý

Assess

Functional languagesÌý|ÌýJava language end of lifeÌý|ÌýClojureÌý|ÌýF#Ìý|ÌýHTML 5Ìý|ÌýScala

2011

Trial

SASS, SCSS, and LESSÌý|ÌýCoffeeScript

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Hold

Logic in stored procedures

2012

Adopt

Care about languages

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Trial

AngularJS and KnockoutÌý|ÌýJekyllÌý|ÌýRequire.jsÌý|ÌýSinatraÌý|ÌýTwitter Bootstrap

Ìý

Assess

Functional JavaÌý|ÌýJavaScript as a platformÌý|ÌýLua

Ìý

Hold

Backbone.js

2013

Adopt

CSS frameworksÌý|ÌýJasmine paired with Node.js

Ìý

Trial

JavaScript MV* frameworksÌý|ÌýPlay Framework 2

Ìý

Assess

Nancy

Ìý

Hold

Handwritten CSS

2014

Adopt

Java 8

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Trial

Go languageÌý|ÌýHiveÌý|ÌýReactiveXÌý|ÌýR as Compute Platform

Ìý

Assess

ElixirÌý|ÌýPython 3Ìý|ÌýTypeScriptÌý|ÌýRustÌý|ÌýSpring Boot

Ìý

Hold

JSF

2015


Adopt

ECMAScript 6

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Trial

DashingÌý|ÌýDjango Rest

Ìý

Assess

React.jsÌý|ÌýRustÌý|ÌýSwiftÌý|ÌýEmber.jsÌý|ÌýReact Native

2016

Ìý

Trial

DapperÌý|ÌýFetchÌý|ÌýReduxÌý|ÌýEnzyme

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Assess

Cylon.jsÌý|ÌýGraphQLÌý|ÌýImmutable.jsÌý|ÌýTensorFlowÌý|ÌýECMAScript 2017Ìý|ÌýVue.jsÌý|ÌýWebRTC

Ìý

Hold

AngularJS

2017

Trial

AvroÌý|ÌýAssertJÌý|ÌýCSS Grid LayoutÌý|ÌýCSS ModulesÌý|ÌýJest

Ìý

Assess

Angular 2Ìý|ÌýDeepLearning.scalaÌý|ÌýKotlinÌý|ÌýSpring CloudÌý|ÌýARKit/ARCoreÌý|ÌýCSS-in-JSÌý|ÌýGobotÌý|ÌýPyTorchÌý|Ìýsingle-spa

2018

Trial

ApolloÌý|ÌýMockK

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Assess

FlutterÌý|ÌýReactorÌý|ÌýtroposphereÌý|ÌýWebAssemblyÌý|ÌýApache BeamÌý|ÌýQ#Ìý|ÌýSAFE stackÌý|ÌýWebFlux

2020

Trial

GraphQL InspectorÌý|ÌýKoin

Ìý

Assess

DeequÌý|ÌýERNIEÌý|ÌýTailwind CSSÌý|ÌýWire

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