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Track Ballerina

Ballerina

9 exercises
Ballerina is a cloud-native programming language that incorporates fundamental concepts of distributed system integration into the language and offers a type safe, concurrent environment to implement microservices with distributed transactions, reliable messaging, stream processing, and workflows.
Track Bash

Bash

29 exercises
Bash is a Unix command interpreter, for which plaintext files of commands can be made to create scripts. It's a powerful and concise way of getting stuff done!
Track C

C

57 exercises
C is a small, general-purpose, imperative programming language with a static type system, scopes, and structures. It's typically used as an alternative to assembly programming, such as in operating systems.
Track C#

C#

120 exercises
C# is a modern, object-oriented language with lots of great features, such as type-inference and async/await. The tooling is excellent, and there is extensive, well-written documentation.
Track C++

C++

42 exercises
C++ is a general-purpose programming language that supports procedural, object-oriented, generic and functional programming styles. C++ is deployed on billions of devices from the smallest embedded microprocessor to the largest supercomputer.
Track CFML

CFML

28 exercises
CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language) is an open source and commercial (JIT) compiled dynamic and loosely typed JVM scripting language that embodies classic OO, and functional programming, making it easy to learn, fun to use. CFML brings the power and scalability of the J2EE ecosystem but without the boilerplate of Java.
Track Clojure

Clojure

76 exercises
TODO: The maintainers have not provided an introduction for this track.
Track CoffeeScript

CoffeeScript

21 exercises
CoffeeScript is a language that compiles into JavaScript. It uses an alternative syntax to the Java-like syntax of JavaScript, and is one of many new transpiled languages used in web development.
Track Common Lisp

Common Lisp

40 exercises
A programmable programming language.
Track Crystal

Crystal

32 exercises
TODO: The maintainers have not provided an introduction for this track.
Track D

D

18 exercises
TODO: The maintainers have not provided an introduction for this track.
Track Dart

Dart

17 exercises
Dart is a general purpose programming language which has seen a rise in popularity for it's uses in mobile and web application development.
Track Delphi Pascal

Delphi Pascal

74 exercises
Object Pascal based, Delphi is great for developing cross-platform desktop, mobile, web, and console applications.
Track Elixir

Elixir

92 exercises
Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications. Elixir leverages the Erlang VM, known for running low-latency, distributed and fault-tolerant systems, while also being successfully used in web development and the embedded software domain.
Track Elm

Elm

43 exercises
Elm is a pure, functional language that compiles to javascript
Track Emacs Lisp

Emacs Lisp

27 exercises
Emacs Lisp is the extension language of the Emacs text editor. You can easily create you own extensions, which include preference files, but also full-fledged applications that use Emacs as a running environment in a fully integrated way.
Track Erlang

Erlang

72 exercises
Erlang is a functional language, designed for use in real-time distributed systems. It's used within telecom networks, and is notable for simple message passing with lightweight independent processes.
Track F#

F#

118 exercises
F# is a strongly-typed, functional language that is part of Microsoft's .NET language stack. Although F# is great for data science problems, it can elegantly handle almost every problem you throw at it.
Track Go

Go

108 exercises
Go is a compiled, open source programming language with a small, consistent syntax, a powerful standard library, and fantastic tooling. It's a great fit for web backends and command-line tools.
Track Haskell

Haskell

92 exercises
Haskell is a functional programming language which is pure and statically-typed. It's known for lazy evaluation, where evaluation is deferred until necessary, and its purity, where monads are used for working with side-effects.
Track Java

Java

104 exercises
Java is a very widely used Object Oriented programming language. It's safe, simple to use and portable so that you can "write once, run anywhere".
Track JavaScript

JavaScript

96 exercises
JavaScript is a scripting language, primarily used for creating dynamic websites and programming web servers. It's a very popular language, and supports a variety of programming paradigms.
Track Julia

Julia

37 exercises
Julia is an open-source high-level, dynamic programming language whose sweet spot is technical and scientific computing. It is convenient for day-to-day work and fast enough for high performance computing.
Track Kotlin

Kotlin

63 exercises
Kotlin is a pragmatic programming language for JVM and Android that combines OO and functional features and is focused on interoperability, safety, clarity and tooling support.
Track LFE

LFE

31 exercises
Lisp Flavoured Erlang is one of those eat your cake and have it too programming languages. As they say: It's the best of Erlang and of Lisp; at the same time!
Track Lua

Lua

80 exercises
Lua is a lightweight scripting language, designed for use within programs. It's popular in gaming, and is a general-purpose language, which can provide a familiar syntax across different applications.
Track MIPS Assembly

MIPS Assembly

14 exercises
TODO: The maintainers have not provided an introduction for this track.
Track Nim

Nim

33 exercises
Nim is a system and applications programming language that is statically typed and compiled, designed to be efficient, expressive, and elegant. Being general-purpose it can fill a wide range of uses but has found a niche in game development and systems programming including embedded systems.
Track Objective-C

Objective-C

51 exercises
TODO: The maintainers have not provided an introduction for this track.
Track OCaml

OCaml

43 exercises
OCaml is a functional and object-oriented language, used both in industry and as a teaching language to elegantly solve problems. The strong type system, with type inference, is useful for catching mistakes.
Track Perl 5

Perl 5

64 exercises
TODO: The maintainers have not provided an introduction for this track.
Track Perl 6

Perl 6

30 exercises
Forget everything you know or think you know about Perl. Perl 6 is a production ready new emerging language that is highly expressive, feature-packed and optimized for fun.
Track PHP

PHP

64 exercises
PHP is a scripting language designed for web development, but also used as a general-purpose programming language. It's one of the most popular programming languages for web development and provides object-oriented capabilities.
Track PL/SQL

PL/SQL

11 exercises
TODO: The maintainers have not provided an introduction for this track.
Track Prolog

Prolog

18 exercises
Prolog is a general-purpose logic programming language associated with artificial intelligence and computational linguistics.
Track PureScript

PureScript

28 exercises
TODO: The maintainers have not provided an introduction for this track.
Track Python

Python

114 exercises
Python is a clear and powerful object-oriented programming language with an elegant and easy-to-read syntax. It is ideal for prototyping and ad-hoc tasks, but also sees wide use in scientific computing, web development, and automation.
Track R

R

34 exercises
R is an interpreted, open source programming language with powerful data manipulation and graphical capabilities. It has a thriving package ecosystem and is one of the most popular languages for data science.
Track Racket

Racket

25 exercises
TODO: The maintainers have not provided an introduction for this track.
Track ReasonML

ReasonML

22 exercises
ReasonML is a strongly typed functional language which compiles to both Javascript and native.
Track Ruby

Ruby

91 exercises
Ruby is a dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read and easy to write.
Track Rust

Rust

88 exercises
Rust is a compiled programming language designed for speed, concurrency, and memory safety. Rust programs can run almost anywhere, from low-power embedded devices to web servers.
Track Scala

Scala

90 exercises
Scala combines object-oriented and functional programming in one concise, high-level language. Scala's static types help avoid bugs in complex applications, and its JVM and JavaScript runtimes let you build high-performance systems with easy access to huge ecosystems of libraries.
Track Scheme

Scheme

17 exercises
TODO: The maintainers have not provided an introduction for this track.
Track Standard ML

Standard ML

27 exercises
Standard ML is a functional programming language with type inference and some side-effects.
Track Swift

Swift

83 exercises
Swift is a modern open-source language with the aim of making programming simple things easy, and difficult things possible while still being fast and safe by design. Swift can run in scripting mode in the included REPL or it can be compiled with full support for C and Objective-C interoperability.
Track TypeScript

TypeScript

87 exercises
TypeScript is a language for writing more maintainable JavaScript. TypeScript adds optional types, classes, and modules to JavaScript.
Track Vim script

Vim script

20 exercises
Vimscript (or VimL) is the programming language used for scripting the Vim text editor.