subject: Various Web Application Development Languages [print this page] In a "web application development", there are various processes a web developer has to go from. But before any web application development, choosing a right language is the most crucial processes.
As far as scripting language is concerned in web application development, there are number of options to choose from. Developers have to choose the best language from the options available. Languages in the web application development are categorized in two forms - open source and proprietary languages.
Below listed are the most popular web application development languages that are used by developers while developing variety of web applications.
PHP
PHP is the most preferred open source language. It provides the users flexibility and openness. It is regularly updated than other open source languages options. It is available free of cost.
But it is reported that PHP has some problems such as presence of some event based errors and lack of case sensitivity. Nevertheless, these problems are ignored keeping in mind what it offers significantly.
JSP (Java Server Pages)
Java Server Pages is also an open-source programming language that facilitates the developers even if they don"t have knowledge of Java Script. While using this language, developers experience easy to use tag extensions. It is very straightforward and spotless language. Moreover, JSP helps developing a Java tag library that is facilitated by a set of simple tag handlers.
Perl
Perl has known to be one of the favorite programming languages of the web application developers. It is a full-fledged programming language that provides all necessary tools for better web application development process.
ASP.NET
ASP.NET is an easily adaptable web application language. Developers can without any difficulty use it with other languages like Lisp, C, VB, Cobol, VBScript, Python and Jscript. Moreover, it can be easily used with Web Matrix, VisualStudio.NET and C++ Builder.
ASP.Net also has some weaknesses that make it slower to some extent in operation. Developers believe that it is pretty complicated than other languages.
Using languages for web application development depends on the requirement of the clients, complexity of the application and available resources. We just tried to highlight these languages briefly.
