Which programming languages do we use at Electric Imp?

I last posted on this topic about 4 years ago. It’s time for an update.

Note that opinions expressed herein are mine, not Electric Imp’s.

Based on a quick look through our source repositories, it would appear that we have code in the following languages:

• bash – for various scripting tasks.
• C++ – for impOS and the agent runtime.
• Clojure – a one-off tool (runs as an AWS Lambda), because why not?
• Erlang – most of the “core” backend.
• Elixir – some of the “core” backend.
• Expect – scripting.
• Go – various microservices.
• Java – BlinkUp SDK for Android.
• JavaScript – impCentral (the IDE).
• Lua – nginx integration.
• Node.js – the API, some microservices.
• Objective-C – BlinkUp SDK for iOS.
• Perl – various scripts.
• Python – system tests, ops tools.
• RobotFramework – system tests.
• Ruby – we use chef, other ops tools.
• Squirrel – this is what customers use on our platform.
• Swift – BlinkUp SDK for iOS
• Tcl – we use Vera to enforce C++ conventions; it’s scripted using Tcl, and we have some custom scripts.
• TypeScript – internal tools.