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Today I would say Java/Scala mostly because of jvm access to huge numbers of libraries. But also because of things like Akka. There may be other options depending on whether you consider JavaScript or Go to be a functional language.
I'd say that in terms of ecosystem, anything running on the JVM is probably going to be the broadest; that is, you'll have the most choices (mostly Java libs and frameworks) to decide from. In terms of functional libs/frameworks, that number will drop a lot, but in practice you'll probably have what you need. If the JVM or Scala/Clojure doesn't sound like a good time, F# is a good option (I'm biased as I work on it).…
Out of these 3 (Giraffe, Suave, and Freya) which one do you recommend to a F# newbie?
I wrote a blog post about using Giraffe here: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2017/09/26/build-a-w...
The choice we made when .NET Core was still in development (pre 1.0) for it to become our main stack is definitely paying off!
I have been using Elixir for the past more than 2 years and got say that it has an awesome ecosystem for overall web development, I've been using and writing open source libraries and they are looking pretty solid as well. The company I work for also uses it as its main backend for the past almost 3 years and it has been working nicely since then. Hiring also got way easier, not only because of the existing developer…
That said, I'd wager it can hardly be called a functional language. Sure, you can't write for loops, but every Elixir process encapsulates a little piece of mutable state. Elixir and its ecosystem allow and encourage you to have (very) many processes, and thus many global singleton-like pockets of mutable state. It's a powerful and pragmatic concept, it works very well, but it doesn't really feel very functional.
The most extreme example of this design philosophy is a Elixir standard library module called "Agent", which is just a cute name for "global mutable variable". When used with care it's a very handy tool but, well, functional? Nah :-)
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I'd like to add that with F# you get all the benefits of an extremely mature web stack with asp.net core and a huge eco system of very high quality libraries. Frameworks like Giraffe, Suave or Freya make it all possible to write your backend in a functional idiomatic way. Also a big plus for F# is the choice of top notch tooling. You've got Visual studio which works on Windows and Mac, then JetBrains Rider which is a…
I am also leaning towards F#. What do you use for json serialisation? Any guide which describes basic steps to put together a web api.
I've never used F# on .NET Core, but I'd be surprised if it didn't work.
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Third party resources can be sort of out of date; your first link is from 2014, and therefore has a bunch of inaccuracies. Your second was last updated last Octoboer, so not so much, but is still missing out on stuff.
Do you have a source that isn't missing stuff, or you could you mention some of the important bits?
* the h2 crate was released last week, which adds http2 support to the ecosystem
* the frameworks page is missing, off the top of my head, shio and actix. It also includes pencil, which has been abandoned for a long time.
* It includes nothing about Rust's fairly recent wasm support and all of the crates that let you work with that
In general, this is an extremely active area, with few "winners" so far, and crates.io is adding roughly 23 crates a day, though obviously not all web-related. There's just so much stuff all the time that keeping a curated resource like this up-to-date is a lot of work.
For backend you'd have Scala on the JVM side and F# on the .NET side.
I second F#. You have access to the full .NET Standard library as well as all of the open source libraries available. I personally found it more of a joy to use than Scala, but that may be due to my knowledge of and experience with .NET. F# on .NET Core is stable and there are templates for an F# web application.
Do you need some sort of rest-like HTTP API? Highly suggest Haskell and the Servant framework! It's amazing.
I'm surprised nobody mentioned good-old Common Lisp. With quicklisp you get access to a ton of libraries. For example you might be interested in: http://8arrow.org/caveman/ Lisp ecosystem is really mature and gives you a lot of freedom. Dynamic typing, interpeted language, homoiconity, tons of great battle-tested libraries etc., Lisp is truly a great language for backend web development. Even this very site runs on a…
Some would say that Rust is a functional language. http://science.raphael.poss.name/rust-for-functional-program... Rust has an ecosystem for building web backends. http://www.arewewebyet.org/ Does Rust have the best ecosystem for a web backend, though? I think that will depend on who you ask and what you are looking for specifically.