Web Technologies Every Web Developer Must Know

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  • Yii2

    Yii 2: The Fast, Secure and Professional PHP Framework

    YII

  • Scout Monitoring

    Performance metrics and, now, Logs Management Monitoring with Scout Monitoring. Get early access to Scout Monitoring's NEW Ruby logging feature [beta] by signing up now. Start for free and enable logs to get better insights into your Rails apps.

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  • ruby

    The Ruby Programming Language

    Ruby

  • CPython

    The Python programming language

    As we explained before, since computers don’t use languages that are anything like human languages, they need a different way to communicate. Here are some of the most popular programming languages: Javascript – used by all web browsers, Meteor, and lots of other frameworks CoffeeScript – a “dialect” of JavaScript. It is viewed as simpler but it converts back into JavaScript Python – used by the Django framework as well as in the majority of mathematical calculations Ruby – used by the Ruby on Rails framework PHP – used by WordPress to create those WYSIWYG editors that everyone is using now. It’s also used by Facebook, Wikipedia, and other major sites Go – newer language, built for speed Swift – Apple’s newest programming language Java – used by Android and a lot of desktop applications.

  • Meteor JS

    Meteor, the JavaScript App Platform

    Meteor JS

  • Django

    The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.

    Django

  • Ruby on Rails

    Ruby on Rails

    What you can expect from Ruby is a shorter, readable code. Unfortunately, that sometimes means lower efficiency compared to other programming languages – but it also means higher productivity. If you are a beginner in the web development world, Ruby would be a great choice for the first programming language to learn. A well-written Ruby code can be almost as readable as the sentence in plain English language. But the real reason most people use Ruby is its popular framework — Ruby on Rails which we mentioned earlier in the text.

  • php-docker

    Docker Official Image packaging for PHP

    As we explained before, since computers don’t use languages that are anything like human languages, they need a different way to communicate. Here are some of the most popular programming languages: Javascript – used by all web browsers, Meteor, and lots of other frameworks CoffeeScript – a “dialect” of JavaScript. It is viewed as simpler but it converts back into JavaScript Python – used by the Django framework as well as in the majority of mathematical calculations Ruby – used by the Ruby on Rails framework PHP – used by WordPress to create those WYSIWYG editors that everyone is using now. It’s also used by Facebook, Wikipedia, and other major sites Go – newer language, built for speed Swift – Apple’s newest programming language Java – used by Android and a lot of desktop applications.

  • CodeRabbit

    CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

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  • Laravel

    Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We’ve already laid the foundation for your next big idea — freeing you to create without sweating the small things.

  • go

    The Go programming language

    As we explained before, since computers don’t use languages that are anything like human languages, they need a different way to communicate. Here are some of the most popular programming languages: Javascript – used by all web browsers, Meteor, and lots of other frameworks CoffeeScript – a “dialect” of JavaScript. It is viewed as simpler but it converts back into JavaScript Python – used by the Django framework as well as in the majority of mathematical calculations Ruby – used by the Ruby on Rails framework PHP – used by WordPress to create those WYSIWYG editors that everyone is using now. It’s also used by Facebook, Wikipedia, and other major sites Go – newer language, built for speed Swift – Apple’s newest programming language Java – used by Android and a lot of desktop applications.

  • Puts Debuggerer

    Ruby library for improved puts debugging, automatically displaying bonus useful information such as source line number and source code.

    Ruby on Rails is a server-side website technology that makes app development much easier and faster. The thing that really sets this framework apart is the reusability of the code as well as some other cool features that will help you get the job done in no time. Popular websites written with Ruby include Basecamp, Ask.fm, GitHub, 500px, and many others.

  • coffeescript

    Unfancy JavaScript

    As we explained before, since computers don’t use languages that are anything like human languages, they need a different way to communicate. Here are some of the most popular programming languages: Javascript – used by all web browsers, Meteor, and lots of other frameworks CoffeeScript – a “dialect” of JavaScript. It is viewed as simpler but it converts back into JavaScript Python – used by the Django framework as well as in the majority of mathematical calculations Ruby – used by the Ruby on Rails framework PHP – used by WordPress to create those WYSIWYG editors that everyone is using now. It’s also used by Facebook, Wikipedia, and other major sites Go – newer language, built for speed Swift – Apple’s newest programming language Java – used by Android and a lot of desktop applications.

  • bc3-api

    API documentation for Basecamp 4

    Ruby on Rails is a server-side website technology that makes app development much easier and faster. The thing that really sets this framework apart is the reusability of the code as well as some other cool features that will help you get the job done in no time. Popular websites written with Ruby include Basecamp, Ask.fm, GitHub, 500px, and many others.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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the 12th most popular programming language
based on number of metions?