Re:Ask HN: What programming language do you think is the bes...
by matt_s on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:06AM
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I've been doing web development since the browser wars and Perl scripts sitting in a cgi-bin directory. The HTTP verbs haven't changed much in 20+ years. XHR (XML HTTP Request, aka async JS, aka AJAX) has been around for almost that long.
Ultimately it doesn't matter what internet commenters think, the best language is always going to be the one you are most comfortable and productive using. PHP, Python, Ruby, Elixir, .NET/C#, Java, Perl, JavaScript, etc. - all of them can accomplish the task of a running web application. I would lean towards an ecosystem that has lots of libraries to pick from and good documentation.
Ultimately it doesn't matter what internet commenters think, the best language is always going to be the one you are most comfortable and productive using. PHP, Python, Ruby, Elixir, .NET/C#, Java, Perl, JavaScript, etc. - all of them can accomplish the task of a running web application. I would lean towards an ecosystem that has lots of libraries to pick from and good documentation.