What are the top 5 programming languages needed for bioinformatics 2022, apart from Perl and Ruby?
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Best programming language for bioinformatics - R Language
The last one on the list is the I think most recent one with excellent answers, written in 2020, not much change compared to 2022 I think. This one here:
Rust or C++, what to learn after Go for high-performance bioinformatics tools?
After 14 months, I still haven't started learning rust, but learned Go assembly to improve the performance of some core functions of a project :(
I see these languages most - just my opinion, and not in any order, so just put yours instead of disagreeing :-)
High performance
Most usable - data analysis
Legacy
I will go with my own view:
Level3: Mainly computational biologist (high performance)
C / C++ / Go / Rust / Julia
Level2: Mainly bioinformatician (data analysis, scripting, tool with no need of high performance)
Python / PERL / Ruby / R / JavaScript / Java
Level1: Mandatory
bash / zsh
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I probably wouldnt say ruby is in the top 5 for bioinformatics anyway.
and with '2022', neither is Perl, except some legacy code
Not focusing on bioinformatics but very interesting: https://qvault.io/misc/popular-coding-languages-2021/
One of the greatest pleasures of using a minor programming language is that there is nothing to prevent you from reinventing the wheel. For example, if you were using Python, you would immediately be told that you don't need to create that tool because it already exists. But actually, reinventing the wheel is a lot more fun than you might think. Even if it is full of bugs. (Of course, using it in a real project may not be as much fun.) Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)