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Welby Obeng
Welby Obeng
20,340 Points
Posted by Welby Obeng
Welby Obeng
20,340 Points

Python, Nodejs or PHP for powerful and scalable REST webservice API

Hello Treehouse

If you had to choose a language to create a powerful and scalable REST webservice API what language will you choose between Python, Nodejs or PHP? and why?

Let's say its for a social network

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Valerio Versace
Valerio Versace
11,319 Points
Valerio Versace
Valerio Versace
11,319 Points

I'm also interested in this; specifically, I'd like to know on what basis should the choice be made: I assume the answer would be "the one which has the best framework for the web service you want to build", which leads to "which are the best frameworks for building REST Service-Oriented APIs in 2015, and what is each of them best suited for?" I looked at some Node.js (Restify, Express), some Python (Django REST, Flask), some Ruby (Rails) and some PHP (Laravel, Symfony); am I missing any big contenders? Which are the pros and cons of the ones I listed for specific APIs? Thank you!