Whats a good backend programming language to learn ?

Hmm, Java can definitely be used for all of those things you want to do - so that might be what you are looking for.

Hi,

I would say that taking a deeper look into Python might be worth while. It does all the things you would like to look into.

Craig

I'm going to give you my incredibly biased opinion, learn Javascript (nodejs) as a backend.

Node.js has become extremely popular recently as a way to use JavaScript as a server side language. While they say it means you "only have to learn JavaScript," you still will have to learn the ins and outs of how Node.js works, as well as popular libraries like ExpressJS. However, yes, it's still all JavaScript, so the way the language works doesn't change, just how it's used.

The next two that I would consider would be php or ruby, as both are used a lot. Learning one or the other shouldn't really yield too much difference in job availability. What you might want to consider is the kinds of things you see using one or the other and make your decision on what type of work would motivate you more.

as for python and java, well, the advantage there is those languages are used for software development as well. (Sublime Text is a python application for example). However, I don't know exactly how they compare in server side language use as compared to ruby, php, and node.js. I would assume the use cases are far less in numbers than the rest.

Swift is a language Apple developed specifically for iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. If you learn Swift, you'll want to at least get some Objective C under your belt. I believe that the iOS development track has some courses with Objective C mixed in. Knowing this stuff can be huge for job opportunities, as app development is only growing. This is not, however, a language you could use as a server side language for a website.

If your goal is to build web applications and mobile applications, then I would say go down the Full Stack JavaScript road. Then attack something like Swift afterwards.

" I am going to use it mostly to build a webapp, some games, mobile app" If you want to do all of those in one language I would say your options are Java, JavaScript, or C#.

Java gives you Java Spring for web which is great, Android for Mobile which is a huge amazing ecosystem, and I you can make games in it like Minecraft.

JavaScript is the front end programming language for the web and Node.js is coming into its own on the backend. It can be used on Mobile with frameworks like Ionic, and it can be used for web and mobile games.

I honestly think C# is your best bet here. ASP.NET is C# web framework and is really powerful. You can built mobile apps with it using Xamarin and C# has in my opinion the best gaming platform out of any of them in Unity. I would use C#.

I love python but its mobile framework Kivy is just not there yet. It is amazing on the backend with Django and it can be used for games but I have never heard of it.

Ruby has Rails arguably the best web framework of them all. I don't know any mobile or game frameworks for it.

Swift is IOS mobile only.

PHP is a web language I don't know it can be used for anything else.

A lot of support for NODE.js I guess :)

I think the world is moving to JAVASCRIPT with MEAN STACK, Angular, Node.JS, React, JQuery. I will become a full stack JAVASCRIPT program ( if there is any such thing)