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   Python

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   Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and versatility, and is free and comprehensively ported.

   101 Python alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Symbian S60
   • BSD
   • AROS
   • Linux Mobile
   • Haiku
   • AmigaOS
   • OpenSolaris
   • MorphOS

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by Guest · Jan 12, 2021

   Python and JavaScript share SOME similarities, but their main purpose is different. Both of them are good for building small apps and SOME ML, but Python is for data analysis, while JavaScript is for web design and visuals. NumPy is python's math library, while JS has many functions like ellipse(), rect() etc that are good for graphics.

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   Java

    680 likes

   Java is a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

   78 Java alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free Personal
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • Java Mobile
   • Symbian S60
   • HP webOS
   • Blackberry
   • Android Tablet
   • BSD
   • Blackberry 10
   • Kindle Fire

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by Guest · Oct 13, 2018

   JavaScript is very different from Java.

   Positive comment by lionking420 · Aug 2, 2022

   JS is arguably more portable, because it can run on almost any web browser. Java can sometimes run in browsers, but usually requires its own RTE, which is still highly available, but not integrated with the web the same way as JS is.

   Negative comment by Guest · May 13, 2020

   Java and JavaScript are entirely different programming languages.

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   PHP

    480 likes

   Open-source scripting language executed on the server, PHP embeds into HTML, fostering dynamic web development. Influenced by C, Java, and Perl, it supports database integration, offers extensive libraries, and remains easy for beginners while robust for seasoned developers.

   45 PHP alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • PHP

   • United States

   

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   Positive comment by RemovedUser · Mar 9, 2023

   PHP is a great programming language! It can also be used for non web development thought is unlikely.

   Negative comment by Guest · Jun 15, 2015

   Javascript is client sided and can be integrated with PHP, PHP interacts with server and uses server side data and script.

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   TypeScript

    75 likes

   TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. It is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript in any browser, any host, any OS and it is Open Source.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Self-Hosted
   • JavaScript
   • Node.JS

   • United States

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Nov 29, 2020

   Its actually Javascript, but better and worse in some ways

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   Lua

    194 likes

   Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.

   Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based.

   89 Lua alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • Brazil

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • BSD
   • iPad
   • Android Wear
   • Haiku
   • AmigaOS
   • Playstation
   • MorphOS

   • Brazil

   

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   Positive comment by RemovedUser · Mar 9, 2023

   One of my favourite programming languages! But this does not seem viable has a alternative to JavaScript.

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8. 

   

   Ruby

    274 likes

   Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was initially developed and designed by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.

   85 Ruby alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • Japan

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku

   • Japan

   

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   Dart

    84 likes

   Dart (originally called Dash) is a Web programming language developed by Google. It was unveiled at the GOTO conference in Aarhus, 2011 October 10-12. The goal of Dart is "ultimately to replace JavaScript as the lingua franca of web development on the open web platform.

   70 Dart alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online

   • United States

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Jun 1, 2019

   Same use, but better syntax.

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    Kotlin

     45 likes

    Kotlin is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language with type inference. Kotlin is designed to interoperate fully with Java, and the JVM version of its standard library depends on the Java Class Library, but type inference allows its syntax to be...

    54 Kotlin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Origin

    • Czechia
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    • Czechia
    • EU

    

    

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    Perl

     143 likes

    Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language with over 22 years of development.

    84 Perl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku

    

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    Scala

     67 likes

    Scala is a modern multi-paradigm programming language based on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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    Swift (programming language)

     42 likes

    Open-source programming language for developing iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS apps, featuring safety, speed, type inference, generics, native-code compilation, protocol-oriented design, memory management, Playgrounds, package manager, and Objective-C interoperability.

    81 Swift (programming language) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xcode
    • Apple Swift
    • Visual Studio Code

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Elixir

     18 likes

    Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications.

    77 Elixir alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Origin

    • Brazil

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD

    • Brazil

    

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