Best languages??

[DreamCoder]

Greeting everyone ive recently been looking at diffrent languages such as javascript , jquery , java so i thought id post this today im not gonna get into much detail as there isnt much to get into but what do you guys think is the best languages..

Regards

-Travis - Dreamcoder

[a_bertrand]

jquery is not a language... it's a library for javascript. Also there is no absolutely best language as some will do something others with do other things. A good example is Javascript, you will use it exclusively inside the browser but you don't have much alternative either.

Check this link:

http://makewebgames.io/content.php/126-Object-Oriented-Programming-the-way-to-go

I tried to resume that some time ago.

BTW your pool contains also AJAX (which is a technology) so it's a bit of a... useless. Therefore I edited it, and removed jquery, ajax and mysql which are not languages.

[W3Theory || Peter]

I agree with a_bertrand, you can't really say one is the best. Everything does something different.

[Zeggy]

CommonJS is a project that extends javascript to be usable as a regular programming language. For example, Node JS is a web server written in server-side javascript.

With google's v8 javascript engine, server-side javascript actually performs better than php, python, ruby and similar languages.

I'm a big fan of javascript :D

[Danny696]

I picked them all.... Not too sure why we are able to do this, as the best will only be one.

[a_bertrand]

Well I personally don't like at all the language syntax of JS, like variables which can be either global or not and mix one with the other, or class which are nothing else than functions etc. Honestly it's a messy language.

[Zeggy]

You just need to be careful when you use it :P When you declare a variable, add var in front of it to make it local to the current scope, otherwise it's global. CommonJS also adds namespaces by separating code in different files or modules.

I quite like that classes and functions are treated just like other variables, so you can pass them around or create them anywhere, inside other functions, etc.

[Dominion]

The best language is the one that suits your current project, and you are most comfortable with. They are all good for what they do.

[DreamCoder]

jquery is not a language... it's a library for javascript. Also there is no absolutely best language as some will do something others with do other things. A good example is Javascript, you will use it exclusively inside the browser but you don't have much alternative either.

Check this link:

http://makewebgames.io/content.php/126-Object-Oriented-Programming-the-way-to-go

I tried to resume that some time ago.

BTW your pool contains also AJAX (which is a technology) so it's a bit of a... useless. Therefore I edited it, and removed jquery, ajax and mysql which are not languages.

a_bertand im sorry for the mistakes but what i mented by "Best" is the one you think is one of your best thats why i put multiple options sorry for the mistakes

[Spudinski]

I wish people would stop ranting on about things that has been ranted upon before.

Just pick one and vote which one "you" like the best.

PHP, C and JS chosen. All of these are what I would use in my daily life, PHP for writing a server-side project, JS for client-side.

C for quick bits and bobs everywhere, automating admin tasks, etc.

[DreamCoder]

I wish people would stop ranting on about things that has been ranted upon before.

Just pick one and vote which one "you" like the best.

PHP, C and JS chosen. All of these are what I would use in my daily life, PHP for writing a server-side project, JS for client-side.

C for quick bits and bobs everywhere, automating admin tasks, etc.

I agree with you ;)

[Jeff]

As has been said before I'm not sure there is a 'best' language. Although maybe you could make an argument for a lower level language that you can use to write complies for higher level (and more specialized) languages... maybe...

Back to the real point of the thread, in terms of a favourite I would go with PHP just because I've used it more than the others and find it easy to work with.

Having said that there are still quite a few things I don't like about it, as with all the languages. You just have to go with whatever is most suitable for the job really.