Learning a new programming language is a great strategy for developers to add to their current skill-set or for those looking to make a career move to software development. Becoming skilled in coding in one of the languages on the rise could put you one step ahead of the game when it comes to applying for developer jobs in the future, in the same way that it benefitted programmers who learnt Java when it first entered the scene. Here are three up-and-coming programming languages to consider adding to your current repertoire:

Opa

Opa is the language that is designed to make developing web applications easier. Instead of creating the browser-side, server-side and back-end database components in different languages as is the norm, the entire application can be written in Opa. It then automatically partitions the components and automatically distributes them to the server-side or client-side.

The language has already been used to develop a number of apps in the fields of utilities, gaming and social networking. In simplifying the development process, it is a valuable language for programmers to learn as web applications become more complicated and prevalent.

Erlang

Erlang is a language that has been around for a long time, but has grown in popularity over the past few years due to an increase in demand for concurrent services. It is used for large-scale applications and the code can be updated without the need to stop a running system.

Erlang was the language of choice for building the messaging app WhatsApp, as well as by Facebook when they launched Facebook Chat. It is also expected that Erlang will have a major impact on the Internet of Things (IoT) because of its role in concurrent processing, thereby gaining even more popularity with the development of large-scale IoT networks.

Go (Golang)

Go is a relatively new language developed by Google, written just for the cloud. With cloud computing so rapidly on the rise, it seems that Go would be a useful skill for developers to think about acquiring. Research published by RedMonk has found that Go is increasing, with it already being used nearly 10% as much as the most popular languages such as Java, C, C++ and Javascript.