If you were going to set up a server-backed website, what language/library/framework would you use these days (& why)? It's been several millennia since I looked at Rails, Sinatra, Django etc...
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Platform suggestions like Heroku or Google App Engine also very welcome.
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Heroku is great, use it For code, I'd probably go with Rails or Node; I've enjoyed both. Python is a fine language but I'm not a fan of Django. Java is OK but always feels bloated (haven't used it since 2009 though). Happy to elaborate on any points if useful!
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FWIW, I haven't tried Go, Scala, or C# yet!
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Also I'm biased :P
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What makes you biased? (Thanks for the tips.)
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I would go with Python and Flask. The framework stays out of your way. You can choose whether you want a NoSQL backend or a relational database.
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@michael_nielsen I just wrote a backend service targeted for a mobile app. Used C++ and MongoDB. Comfortably serves a million requests/second and uses only 7-9 MB of memory. (Not counting the mongo instance itself which is a couple hundred MB)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Personally Elixir/Phoenix on Heroku. Elixir uses so few resources you can go for free for a long time. And Phoenix is similar enough to rails (while being nothing like it) that most people can get productive fast.
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Django/Python3 or Rails on Heroku are still my default choices. I need a solid reason to deviate, which reason is rarely found.
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Python/Django is still a very good choice. You get a lot of stuff which is “batteries included”. Makes making simple apps painless. What is the usecase? The suggestions would be more relavant if the use case is clearer.
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