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Xiang Chen
Python has become the most popular language for machine learning right now since almost all machine learning tools provide service for this language, and it is really to use since it has many build-in objects like Hashtable. In C, you need to implement everything by yourself.
C++ is one of the most popular programming languages in graphics. It has many fancy libraries like eigen to help us process matrix. I have many previous projects about graphics based on C++ and this time, we also need to deal with graphics since we need to analyze movements of the human body. C++ has much more advantages than Java. C++ uses only compiler, whereas Java uses compiler and interpreter in both. C++ supports both operator overloading and method overloading whereas Java only supports method overloading. C++ supports manual object management with the help of new and delete keywords whereas Java has built-in automatic garbage collection.
Kirill Mikhailov
GO/C developer · | 8 upvotes · 14.4K views
Go is a way faster than both Python and PHP, which is pretty understandable, but we were amazed at how good we adapted to use it. Go was a blessing for a team , since strict typing is making it very easy to develop and control everything inside team, so the quality was really good. We made huge leap forward in dev speed because of it.
Zijin Zhang
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The form of our product is a web app because we would also provide a dashboard for displaying data and for some further purpose including data filtering and comparison. Hence, we would definitely use
HTML5for structuring the web,CSS3for styling the web, andJavaScriptfor building the front-end logic. As for frameworks, we would useReactbecause it is component-based that can keep our front-end code clean and organized. The virtual DOM ofReactalso provides better efficiency in time when rendering the page. Furthermore,Reacthas a greater number of users thanVueandAngular, thus have active communities for problem-spotting and problem-solving. We would also incorporateBootstrapinto our web app to provide an aesthetic user interface and thus to improve the user experience. The fact thatBoostrapsupports responsive site would also ease our workload if future adaptation for mobiles is needed.
Pros of JavaScript
Pros of PHP
Pros of Python
Pros of JavaScript
- Can be used on frontend/backend1.6K
- It's everywhere1.5K
- Lots of great frameworks1.1K
- Fast881
- Light weight730
- Flexible408
- You can't get a device today that doesn't run js374
- Non-blocking i/o278
- Ubiquitousness227
- Expressive182
- Extended functionality to web pages44
- Relatively easy language40
- Executed on the client side37
- Relatively fast to the end user22
- Pure Javascript18
- Functional programming13
- Async6
- Full-stack4
- Because I love functions4
- Setup is easy4
- JavaScript is the New PHP4
- Like it or not, JS is part of the web standard3
- Can be used in backend, frontend and DB3
- Its everywhere3
- Expansive community3
- Future Language of The Web3
- Evolution of C2
- For the good parts2
- Love-hate relationship2
- Popularized Class-Less Architecture & Lambdas2
- Everyone use it2
- Easy to hire developers2
- Supports lambdas and closures2
- Versitile1
- Powerful1
- 1.6K Can be used on frontend/backend1
- Can be used both as frontend and backend as well1
- Agile, packages simple to use1
- Can be used on frontend/backend/Mobile/create PRO Ui1
- No need to use PHP1
- It's fun1
- Its fun and fast1
- Most Popular Language in the World1
- Hard not to use1
- Stockholm Syndrome1
- Photoshop has 3 JS runtimes built in1
- Promise relationship1
- It let's me use Babel & Typescript1
- Function expressions are useful for callbacks1
- Scope manipulation1
- What to add1
- Clojurescript1
- Client processing1
- Everywhere1
- Only Programming language on browser1
- Nice1
- Client side JS uses the visitors CPU to save Server Res0
- Because it is so simple and lightweight0
- Easy to make something0
- Easy0
Pros of PHP
- Large community938
- Open source800
- Easy deployment754
- Great frameworks480
- The best glue on the web384
- Continual improvements230
- Good old web180
- Web foundation141
- Community packages130
- Tool support123
- Used by wordpress31
- Excellent documentation30
- Used by Facebook25
- Because of Symfony23
- Dynamic Language16
- Awesome Language and easy to implement14
- Fast development12
- Cheap hosting11
- Very powerful web language11
- Flexibility, syntax, extensibility9
- Composer9
- Because of Laravel9
- Easy to learn7
- Short development lead times7
- Worst popularity quality ratio7
- Fastestest Time to Version 1.0 Deployments7
- Readable Code7
- Easiest deployment6
- Fast6
- Faster then ever6
- Most of the web uses it5
- Open source and large community4
- I have no choice :(4
- Easy to learn, a big community, lot of frameworks3
- Is like one zip of air3
- Has the best ecommerce(Magento,Prestashop,Opencart,etc)3
- Cheap to own3
- Simple, flexible yet Scalable3
- Easy to use and learn3
- Hard not to use2
- Large community, easy setup, easy deployment, framework2
- Safe the planet2
- Walk away2
- Great flexibility. From fast prototyping to large apps2
- Used by STOMT2
- Great developer experience2
- Open source and great framework2
- Fault tolerance2
- FFI2
- Interpreted at the run time2
Pros of Python
- Great libraries1.1K
- Readable code921
- Beautiful code815
- Rapid development764
- Large community669
- Open source414
- Elegant375
- Great community264
- Object oriented257
- Dynamic typing206
- Great standard library68
- Very fast51
- Functional programming47
- Scientific computing33
- Easy to learn31
- Great documentation29
- Matlab alternative25
- Productivity22
- Easy to read21
- Simple is better than complex19
- Imperative17
- It's the way I think17
- Very programmer and non-programmer friendly15
- Free14
- Powerful14
- Fast and simple13
- Powerfull language13
- Scripting12
- Explicit is better than implicit9
- Machine learning support9
- Unlimited power8
- Ease of development8
- Import antigravity7
- Clear and easy and powerfull7
- Print "life is short, use python"6
- It's lean and fun to code6
- Great for tooling5
- Fast coding and good for competitions5
- There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious5
- Python has great libraries for data processing5
- High Documented language5
- I love snakes5
- Although practicality beats purity5
- Flat is better than nested5
- Readability counts4
- Multiple Inheritence3
- Complex is better than complicated3
- Plotting3
- Rapid Prototyping3
- Lists, tuples, dictionaries3
- Socially engaged community3
- Great for analytics3
- CG industry needs3
- Beautiful is better than ugly3
- Easy to learn and use2
- List comprehensions2
- Generators2
- Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules2
- Now is better than never2
- If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad id2
- If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a g2
- Simple and easy to learn2
- Import this2
- No cruft2
- It is Very easy , simple and will you be love programmi1
- Batteries included1
- Because of Netflix1
- Web scraping1
- Easy to setup and run smooth1
- Pip install everything1
- Only one way to do it1
- A-to-Z1
- Many types of collections1
- Flexible and easy1
- Better outcome1
- Powerful0
- Pro0
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Cons of JavaScript
Cons of PHP
Cons of Python
Cons of JavaScript
- A constant moving target, too much churn21
- Horribly inconsistent20
- Javascript is the New PHP13
- No ability to monitor memory utilitization8
- Shows Zero output in case of ANY error5
- Can be ugly4
- Thinks strange results are better than errors3
- No GitHub1
Cons of PHP
- So easy to learn, good practices are hard to find19
- Inconsistent API16
- Fragmented community8
- Not secure5
- No routing system2
- Hard to debug1
- Old1
Cons of Python
- Still divided between python 2 and python 348
- Performance impact26
- Poor syntax for anonymous functions26
- Package management is a mess18
- GIL18
- Too imperative-oriented13
- Hard to understand12
- Dynamic typing10
- Very slow8
- Not everything is expression8
- Indentations matter a lot7
- Explicit self parameter in methods7
- Poor DSL capabilities6
- No anonymous functions6
- Requires C functions for dynamic modules6
- The "lisp style" whitespaces5
- Hard to obfuscate5
- The benevolent-dictator-for-life quit4
- Lack of Syntax Sugar leads to "the pyramid of doom"4
- Threading4
- Fake object-oriented programming4
- Incredibly slow4
- Not suitable for autocomplete3
- Official documentation is unclear.3
- Circular import2
- Training wheels (forced indentation)1
- Meta classes1
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What is JavaScript?
JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
What is PHP?
Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.
What is Python?
Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.
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What are some alternatives to JavaScript, PHP, and Python?
TypeScript
TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. It's a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript.
Node.js
Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
Dart
Dart is a cohesive, scalable platform for building apps that run on the web (where you can use Polymer) or on servers (such as with Google Cloud Platform). Use the Dart language, libraries, and tools to write anything from simple scripts to full-featured apps.
CoffeeScript
It adds syntactic sugar inspired by Ruby, Python and Haskell in an effort to enhance JavaScript's brevity and readability. Specific additional features include list comprehension and de-structuring assignment.
Java
Java is a programming language and computing platform first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. There are lots of applications and websites that will not work unless you have Java installed, and more are created every day. Java is fast, secure, and reliable. From laptops to datacenters, game consoles to scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere!
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News about JavaScript
Improved CSS, Extract Vue Component, and More on JavaScript in the Updated RubyMine 2018.1 EAP
(blog.jetbrains.com)
Feb 16, 2018
Intro to Javascript debugging with source maps
(rollbar.com)
Feb 6, 2018
Stimulus: A modest JavaScript framework for the HTML you already have
(laravel-news.com)
Feb 1, 2018
Stimulus 1.0: A modest JavaScript framework for the HTML you already have
(m.signalvnoise.com)
Jan 30, 2018
Top 10 JavaScript errors from 1000+ projects (and how to avoid them)
(rollbar.com)
Jan 24, 2018
News about Python
Python 3.9.2 and 3.8.8 are now available
(pythoninsider.blogspot.com)
7 days ago
Python 3.9.2rc1 and 3.8.8rc1 are now available for testing
(pythoninsider.blogspot.com)
9 days ago
Python 3.7.10 and 3.6.13 security updates now available
(pythoninsider.blogspot.com)
Feb 16, 2021
Python 3.10.0a5 is now available for testing
(pythoninsider.blogspot.com)
Feb 3, 2021
Python 3.10.0a4 is now available for testing
(pythoninsider.blogspot.com)
Jan 4, 2021