Internet programming languages other than PHP?

[cmpolis]

Hello,
I was wondering, are there any programming languages for making dynamic websites other than PHP? If so what are they and are they any good?

-C

[Will.Spencer]

What about Java and JavaScript?

[brenda003]

Perl, ASP, JSP, Ruby, and probably a lot more I'm forgetting.

[cmpolis]

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I am going to just improve my PHP skills. It seems that it is the best out of the other languages suggested.

-C

[JBN-Rob]

PHP is probably the most common one out there, and it's probably the least complicated

Once you know what you're doing, there's not much you can't do with PHP

[jess]

ASP.Net is the big rival to PHP
Personally I dont see Java as a web language, its more of a software application language.

[Will.Spencer]

That does appear to be correct.

Java was going to be the next hugely popular web language -- and then the Microsoft/Sun conflict just killed it in that role.

The grief required to make Java integrate properly into IE (etc...) was too much for the average web user to accept.

[etali]

I would suggest Perl as a good alternative, but I'm curious as to why you are looking for an alternative to PHP?

[Fry]

Perl isnt a great web language. It rivals Java as an application language, although Java is better in most peoples opinions.

ASP.Net is a brilliant language, I was lucky enough to learn it in a recent course I did. I do prefer it to PHP, it incorporates classic programming techniques (if you use C#).

Im not a fan of VB.Net though, I suggest using C# if you choose to do ASP.Net.

[l4zy]

ASP is comparable to php.

I first learned ASP and now I'm trying to figure out things in php.

They both are quite similar though.

[MT400]

Coldfusion? I haven't played with it much. It's just like HTML, as in the < and > goes. But it is an option.