What other languages are there?

There are many different web languages. Some of them are web-specific languages, such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript which were created for web development, and some can be used for other kinds of software development, such as Python.

Here is a quick introduction to a few more languages:

PHP

PHP is a server-side scripting language. It processes data on the web server, handling tasks like user input validation, database interactions, and generating dynamic content. It’s often used for creating web applications that need to perform server-side operations.

Ruby

Ruby is a user-friendly programming language commonly used in web development. It’s appreciated for its clear and straightforward code. Ruby is most commonly used as ‘Ruby on Rails’, and is a popular way of creating web apps.

React, Angular, and Vue.js

These are JavaScript libraries/frameworks used to build complex and interactive user interfaces. They provide pre-built components and tools that simplify the development of features like chat systems, real-time updates, and single-page applications (SPAs). These can help save time when developing, and make adding more complicated behaviour easy.

Node.js

Node.js is an environment that enables the execution of JavaScript on the server-side. It’s especially useful for building web applications and APIs that require high performance and scalability, as it allows developers to use a single language (JavaScript) both on the client and server sides.

Now you have learned a little about common web languages, the next step will introduce you the two main content types: static and dynamic content.