what's your favorite programming language to use on the back end?

Programming
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  • javascript/typescript
  • python
  • go
  • rust
  • php
  • java
  • ruby on rails
  • other (comment below!)
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i’ve been using javascript a lot since i hyperfocus on front end frameworks, but curious to know what other people use!

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I don’t do enough backend work to properly vote, but honestly I quite liked PHP when I was taking webdev classes. Seems like it gets a lot of flack for being older, but it does the job.

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I use C# for backend work on the job. Not because I like it, but because people are willing to pay me to do so. If I could get paid more doing Java, Clojure, PHP, or even COBOL then I’d use one of those.

I’m not passionate about coding. I’m passionate about getting paid. At home, for my own use, I write shell scripts; shell is good enough for my purposes.

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The only one I really know is PHP, mostly because I was big into Wordpress for a long time and had to learn some for that. It’s pretty fun though! I feel like it’s not very well seen by The Dev Community though.

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PHP got a bad rap when the major version was 4 and OOP was a new addition, then people never checked back when the language was made a lot safer and better since version 7 onward. But for me it’s still the dynamic internet’s workhorse, since nothing else is nearly as easy (or sometimes not even possible) to deploy on shared hosts. Besides, even after all these years it’s still fun to tinker with PmWiki’s config file.

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I like Go a lot, it’s like C but reasonable!

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I haven’t done backend programming in ages but when I did I used perl :nerd_face:

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I physically can’t do backend programming (thanks neocities) but I’m pretty alright with JS?

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i go with node, only because i would prefer to use one language for a project instead of having to worry about communicating between two different ones (when i can avoid it, at least)

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Elixir.

100% Elixir.

I have never had such enjoyment writing backend software. The language, the whole ecosystem, much of it is just really well thought out. I’ve historically been anti-framework as frameworks tend to be overly complicated, but the Phoenix framework is really tastefully done.

Keep in mind that Elixir works very differently compared to PHP or Node, so you may have a little bit of a difficulty picking it up. For me it’s well worth it. I’ve been so productive with it, and it’s robust, not a massive security nightmare, and it doesn’t require thousands of dependencies.

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i like using node.js since i’m most familiar with javascript, but i’ve been dabbling in a couple other programming languages- (sorta) php, python, rust, and (currently) golang. not at all well-versed in any of these, but it’s Certainly Been a Journey.

honestly have never used shell scripts aside from customizing my linux os, but using those to make websites seems like a pretty cool idea. never thought about using them to build websites.

i’ve never heard of elixir tho, i’ll play around with it to check it out!