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Poll: What Programming Language Do You Use for Server Side Web Development?

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Re: Poll: What Programming Language Do You Use for Server Side Web Development?

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Post by beefhash »

zingermc wrote: post #56

I haven't found a web server language to my liking yet. Maybe I'm too picky, but I'd like to satisfy all of these requirements: - Static typing -- I want to eliminate as many runtime bugs as I can - Type inference -- Like in SML and Haskell - No JVM -- Personal preference, but I'd rather not pull in this monster if I don't have to. - Good pre-made web framework -- I've briefly looked at OCaml but the web frameworks s…

With .NET Core having recently hit 1.0[1], wouldn't C#/ASP.NET Core fit the bill now?

[1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/06/27/announcin...

Re: Poll: What Programming Language Do You Use for Server Side Web Development?

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Post by wtetzner »

beefhash wrote: post #62
zingermc wrote: post #56

I haven't found a web server language to my liking yet. Maybe I'm too picky, but I'd like to satisfy all of these requirements: - Static typing -- I want to eliminate as many runtime bugs as I can - Type inference -- Like in SML and Haskell - No JVM -- Personal preference, but I'd rather not pull in this monster if I don't have to. - Good pre-made web framework -- I've briefly looked at OCaml but the web frameworks s…

With .NET Core having recently hit 1.0[1], wouldn't C#/ASP.NET Core fit the bill now? [1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/06/27/announcin...

It sounds like they might prefer F# over C#. Also, if they're not willing to pull in the JVM, it seems unlikely they'd be happy about pulling in the CLR.

Re: Poll: What Programming Language Do You Use for Server Side Web Development?

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Post by lucianp »

Omnipresent wrote: post #15

Groovy

Despite the apparent lack of popularity, Groovy with the Grails framework is certainly better suited for web development than many (I would dare to say, most) of the programming languages listed above. Of course, it also matters what kind of web development we are talking about. Is it web services or web applications? I think the requirements are quite different between the two.

Re: Poll: What Programming Language Do You Use for Server Side Web Development?

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Post by karmakaze »

_qbjt wrote: post #58

Elixir and Ruby at work (previously Go as well). I have also done backend development in JavaScript, PHP, Python and Clojure. Elixir is certainly my favorite to work with, so far.

Was Go phased out leaving Elixir/Ruby, or was that at a different company?

Re: Poll: What Programming Language Do You Use for Server Side Web Development?

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Post by rzhikharevich »

zingermc wrote: post #56

I haven't found a web server language to my liking yet. Maybe I'm too picky, but I'd like to satisfy all of these requirements: - Static typing -- I want to eliminate as many runtime bugs as I can - Type inference -- Like in SML and Haskell - No JVM -- Personal preference, but I'd rather not pull in this monster if I don't have to. - Good pre-made web framework -- I've briefly looked at OCaml but the web frameworks s…

Doesn't Go fit these requirements?

Re: Poll: What Programming Language Do You Use for Server Side Web Development?

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Post by supster »

zingermc wrote: post #56

I haven't found a web server language to my liking yet. Maybe I'm too picky, but I'd like to satisfy all of these requirements: - Static typing -- I want to eliminate as many runtime bugs as I can - Type inference -- Like in SML and Haskell - No JVM -- Personal preference, but I'd rather not pull in this monster if I don't have to. - Good pre-made web framework -- I've briefly looked at OCaml but the web frameworks s…

I have very similar requirements, and I think within the next few years, Swift will fill this niche very well.
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