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Web Developer Resource Index: Languages

I am making no attempt here at listing all the Programming Languages available for Web development. These are some of the most popular, and the ones I am most familiar with. If you want to write CGI applications in Sparc assembler, be my guest and good luck!

C is generally used to write fast, machine-code (or binary) programs such as Web servers like Apache. PHP, Perl and Python are better suited for rapid development and deployment of Web applications. This is not to say there are no Perl servers, or Web spiders written in Python. It is interesting to note that the higher level languages are generally written in the lower level C, again, because software compiled from C is so fast and efficient.

Missing in action as of this writing is Java, which I may or may not get into. However, JavaScript has been included, which is much more powerful than just a client-side (browser) scripting language. It took some time to decide where to place it in the drx hierarchy because it is so closely related to the DOM, RIA applications and, these days, Web services and interfaces like the XMLHttpRequest (XHR) API object (aka Ajax).

When I have more time on my hands I plan on getting into Ruby and RoR.

Updated: Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 @ 1:53 AM EDT

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1.An Introduction to Programming Languages

This is an attempt to summarize some of the basic ideas behind programming languages. It was originally written for people who know one language and are wondering about learning another, and hasn't strayed far from that aim. [149]
★★★★☆
URI:http://acooke.org/andrew/writing/lang.html
Author:
Andrew Cooke
[1]
Reviewed:Friday, April 8th, 2005 @ 11:19 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

An Introduction to Programming Languages languages programming
2.The Language Guide

Learn the background and history, features, a proverbial "hello world" program and several other code examples, for forty different programming languages from Ada to XML. Each also includes related links and other reference material. Go Blue! [1525]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/
Author:
UofM, Dearborn CIS Department
[1]
Reviewed:Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 @ 11:02 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

The Language Guide code history languages programming reference
3.The Evolution of a Programmer

A little humor to break up what can be a pretty dry topic. Enjoy. [1061]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.ariel.com.au/jokes/The_Evolution_of_a_Programmer.html
Author:
Anonymous
[1]
Reviewed:Wednesday, April 27th, 2005 @ 1:18 AM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

The Evolution of a Programmer humor programming
4.Lambda the Ultimate

A community weblog with an interest in the study of the properties of programming languages, and programming language research. [1036]
★★★★☆
URI:http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/view/49
Author:
Ehud Lamm
[1]
Reviewed:Saturday, April 23rd, 2005 @ 3:17 AM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

Lambda the Ultimate blog languages programming
5.The Language List

A collection of information on over 3000 programming languages, past and present. [265]
★★★★☆
URI:http://people.ku.edu/~nkinners/LangList/Extras/langlist.htm
Author:
Bill Kinnersley
[1]
Reviewed:Saturday, April 16th, 2005 @ 4:40 AM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

The Language List history languages programming
6.Introduction to Programming Languages

A complete description of a programming language includes the computational model, the syntax and semantics of programs, and the pragmatic considerations that shape the language. [150]
★★★★☆
URI:http://burks.brighton.ac.uk/burks/pcinfo/progdocs/plbook/
Author:
Anthony Aaby
[1]
Reviewed:Friday, April 8th, 2005 @ 11:33 PM EDT
by:
Douglas Clifton

Introduction to Programming Languages languages programming