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Top Coding Languages in Developer Coaching
Understand which programming languages developers use most, with icons and percentages that bring clarity to technical strengths, stack focus, and coaching opportunities.
The Top Coding Languages section in LinearB’s Developer Coaching shows a developer’s primary programming languages based on Git activity over the past six months. This visual summary helps engineering leaders quickly understand a developer’s technical focus, language fluency, and growth opportunities.
Summary
- Displays a developer’s most-used programming languages over the last six months.
- Ranks languages based on actual Git activity and code changes.
- Supports coaching, staffing decisions, and career development discussions.
How Top Coding Languages work
LinearB analyzes each developer’s Git activity, including commits, pull requests, and code changes, and ranks the top three programming languages by lines of code added, removed, or modified.
- Icons for each language appear alongside the percentages, making it easy to identify JavaScript, Go, Python, and other familiar technologies at a glance.
- The data reflects the last six months and updates automatically as developers work across repositories.
- Percentages represent the relative distribution of language usage based on total Git activity.
Why Top Coding Languages matter
Understanding which languages a developer works in most frequently helps teams:
- Identify technical strengths and areas of specialization
- Plan project staffing based on real code activity
- Guide career development and cross-skilling
- Enable stronger mentoring and collaboration across the team
Use cases for engineering leaders
- Spot frontend vs. backend focus using language patterns.
- Support career growth by identifying underused or emerging languages.
- Facilitate pairing and mentoring between team members with complementary strengths.
- Balance language knowledge within and across teams.
Tip: Use language mix to infer stack focus
A developer’s language breakdown can provide clues about their role in the stack:
- Frontend-heavy developers often work primarily in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, or CSS.
- Backend-focused contributors may show higher usage of Go, Python, C++, or Java.
- Full stack developers typically display a balanced mix across both frontend and backend technologies.
When combined with Knowledge Areas, this view helps leaders better understand team distribution and strategically expand capabilities.
Example view
For example, a developer’s profile might show:
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C++ — 72%
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Python — 12%
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Swift — 5%
The language icons alongside each percentage make it easy to visually scan and interpret a developer’s focus areas.
Combine with Knowledge Areas for full context
Use Top Coding Languages together with Knowledge Areas to understand both:
- Where developers are contributing (repositories)
- Which technologies they are using (programming languages)
How did we do?
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