Computer Forums

Computer Forums (http://www.geekboards.com/forums/index.php)
-   Building Websites (http://www.geekboards.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3)
-   -   What's Your Favorite Programming Language and Why? (http://www.geekboards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212)

sjaguar13 05-04-2006 04:18 PM

What's Your Favorite Programming Language and Why?
 
My first and favorite langauage is Perl. It's a powerful scripting language for both online and off. I make most of my custom scripts with it and I also use it a lot for mindless, repetitive tasks. Also, it works with Windows, Linux, and Mac.

Next would have to be PHP. I hated it when it came out, but it was specifically released for web scripting (unlike Perl), so it has a few good features for that. It is easier to use than Perl, but since I already learned Perl, I didn't see any real advantage in switching to PHP. Everyone else uses PHP and I quickly found out that any major release of a script has to be in PHP or else people avoid it. Plus, since it's getting really popular, not knowing it was be a big problem.

ASP I really don't like. It's based on Windows and I don't really like Windows hosts. ASP.net is at least a little better, but still needs a Windows host. There are things like the Mono Project that tries to run the .Net web services on Linux, but there is nothing that's entirely stable. I don't like ColdFusion because it's a proprietary language with Macromedia (Adobe).

Then there are the other common CGI languages, C++ and Python. C++ isn't really supported by hosts, it has to be compiled, which is a pain, but it increases performance. I haven't really found a use for it. Python is a little better, but still not that great. Google is a big fan of it, but I would rather use Perl.

I hate Java applets, servlets, and J2EE, but it's picking up like PHP was. eBay uses it, and a lot of other big commercial applications are going towards Java. I think if I don't start to like it, I am going to get screwed down the road. Java is replacing C++ in universities because it's alledgedly easier to use as a system language. It's not going to be long before those people graduate and knowing Java makes it really easy to pick up the web Java stuff.

Eminem 05-04-2006 04:52 PM

For me,

It has to be HTML, although I am interested in Php...Why HTML?

As I don't know any other language :oops: . Also, HTML is the EASIEST language and is also useful in making websites. :)

etali 05-13-2006 09:48 PM

I like PHP for web stuff. Perl has some really nice text parsing commands though.


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:24 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
HTML Help provided by HTML Help Central.