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Posted by Bilal Junaidy
Bilal Junaidy
1,775 Points

Capabilities of different programming languages

Could someone please tell me what each programming language is capable of doing. What I mean by that is which programming languages allow you to make applications (both mobile and websites) and what kinds of programming languages can you make from each different languages?

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James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Strictly speaking of the items listed below, the following are actual programming languages: Ruby, Python, PHP, Objective-C & Java

Here are some things you can make with the various things taught on Treehouse.

  • Desktop applications: Ruby, Python & Objective-C
  • Scripting: Python & Ruby
  • Native Mobile Applications: Android (based on Java) & iOS (based on Objective-C)
  • Web Applications: Ruby on Rails (Based on Ruby), Django (Based on Python), PHP
  • CMS: Wordpress (Based on PHP)