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Written by Steven Brough on March 16th, 2009

What is the Best Language to Code my Website?

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There are many programming languages that you can choose from. It is of course impossible to choose, in an objective and absolute way the best programming languageso be sure to address this aspect in your project planning. Choosing what programming language to use is dependent on a lot of things. A programming language which may be very good for a specific use may be the wrong language to use for another task.

Each language has its own advantages and disadvantages; your choice would mostly depend on what you need and the degree of project planning and outsourcing you aspire. In the end, the language you would use would be dependent on what kind of website you are going to make and the preference of your programmer. Here’s a list of popular programming languages being used nowadays:

  • ASP
  • ASP .NET
  • C#
  • Cascaded Style Sheets (CSS)
  • Cold Fusion
  • Adobe Flash
  • Flash Action Script
  • Java
  • Javascript
  • Java Server Page (JSP)
  • Perl
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Ruby
  • XML
  • XSL
  • Visual Basic
  • Visual Basic .Net

The most popular languages for web development are:

=> PHP / MySQL :: Linux platform

PHP is easy to use. Once you’ve done a bit of programming in the past, you can learn this language easily. Many programmers know how to use PHP so the support would be great. You can search the internet for answers and discussions about the language. Some scripts are even pre-made for you! Best of all, it’s free to learn and use.

=> ASP.NET / SQL SERVER :: Windows platform

This is for the Microsoft programmers; it is just like PHP which is easy to use. The language is more like Visual Basic (Example: If/End-If) so if you have a background of VB, then this would be easier to use. ASP would work better on Microsoft servers. ASP relies a lot on external components that often come in the form of DLLs that you need to physically register on the server. Therefore, it is better to use it on a Microsoft server.

One more thing you may want to consider is that some web hosts only support some languages. It therefore limits your choices; but luckily most web hosts support ASP and PHP. When selecting your developer, always make sure that he/she knows either of these two languages (preferably both).

Last but not least, if you are doing any type of development it is always good to comment your code. You may want to create a users manual, if this is too difficult for you, you can hand all your notes over to a freelance technical writer to do the task for you.

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