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📣 g4zj

Which server-side language(s) do you recommend for web applications?


I've been a professional PHP developer for over a decade now. While I have plenty of experience with other languages, my coworkers and I tend to default to using PHP for new projects, typically built with the Laravel MVC framework.

We may be starting a new project soon and now seems like a good time to reconsider this approach, rather than just repeating the cycle.

So what languages, frameworks, etc. are you recommending to people these days? I understand the answer can vary depending on the details of the project, but for now, let's assume it's a pretty standard site with user account registration, a dashboard, and some basic tools for users that mostly boil down to CRUD operations on the back end.


  👤 mtmail Accepted Answer ✓
PHP is still strong server-side and the Laravel ecosystem is active and striving. I don't see a reason to change. I use Ruby/Rails, a lot of things are similar, you'd kind of relearn each component again (authentication, rendering, dealing with uploads, background jobs, security)