What programming language is appropriate?

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  1. Wings

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    Hey!

    What programming language is appropriate to make a website like facebook? And why?

    Thanks! :)
     
    #1 Wings, Jun 13, 2011
  2. Laser Wave

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    Facebook uses PHP but you could also use other web programming languages like Python or Ruby (on Rails) etc and get similar results.
     
    #2 Laser Wave, Jun 14, 2011
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  3. Wings

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    Alright thanks!

    And why PHP? What are the advantages?
     
    #3 Wings, Jun 15, 2011
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    Facebook is many programming languages put together. There's PHP, Javascript, Java, MySQL (core of their database), Python, and even more. Don't forget the languages for their apps (iPhone, Android, PCs) which include C, C++, C#...
     
    #4 Lightning, Jun 15, 2011
  5. aspire

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    Facebook is really complex man!
    Even google's homepage which appears pretty basic uses multiple programming languages.
     
    #5 aspire, May 21, 2013