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   Python

    1498 likes

   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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   JavaScript

    656 likes

   JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but also used in many non-browser environments.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Chrome OS
   • BSD
   • iPad
   • AROS
   • Haiku

   • United States

   

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Oct 3, 2019

   JavaScript is good for back-end, node.js can do everything, has a lot of advantages compared to php, for example node.js do better routing.

   Positive comment by Guest · Nov 28, 2019

   NodeJS is faster and more secure than PHP

   Negative comment by Guest · Oct 28, 2015

   Javascript is for front end code

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4. 

   

   Java

    682 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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5. 

   

   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.

   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 Guest · Mar 4, 2018

   Can do all that PHP does. Usable for all sorts of software, not just web. Super slim, the opposite of bloatware. Summary: maximum benefit, minimum burden.

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6. 

   

   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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8. 

   

   Perl

    143 likes

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku

   

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9. 

   

   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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    ASP.NET

     33 likes

    Asp.net is an open source server-side Web application framework designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages, web sites, apps and services with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. You can also create Web APIs, mobile sites, use real-time technologies like Web Sockets and more!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    • United States

    

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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

    Origin

    • Switzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    • Switzerland

    

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    Haskell

     72 likes

    Haskell is an advanced purely-functional programming language. An open-source product of more than twenty years of cutting-edge research, it allows rapid development of robust, concise, correct software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    • United States

    

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    Crystal (programming language)

     13 likes

    Programming language with Ruby-like syntax that compiles to efficient native code.

    84 Crystal (programming language) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Origin

    • Argentina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    • Argentina

    

    

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    D (Programming Language)

     61 likes

    D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and programmer productivity.

    74 D (Programming Language) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (BSL-1.0)

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    • United States

    

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