Strongly-typed languages for web programming

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Are there any strongly-typed programming languages for the Web? I program in PHP now, but often I wish it yelled at me when I tried to compare a number to a string. Functions in the standard library that can return either a bool or an integer don't make anything easier either.

I know there's .NET, but is it my only choice?

Leighleigha answered 7/12, 2009 at 17:33 Comment(3)

Are you looking for strongly-typed, or statically typed? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_system – Bigford 7/12, 2009 at 17:41

Strongly-typed and either statically- or dynamically-typed. – Leighleigha 7/12, 2009 at 17:48

If you wish "it" (assuming you mean your IDE/compiler) to yell at you when you compare a number to a string, then Java is a better answer than Python. Java is statically-typed and Python is dynamically-typed. – Mines 16/4, 2010 at 20:33

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You can develop Java web-applications. See JSPs.

Overtake answered 7/12, 2009 at 17:36 Comment(1)

While (maybe) still valid in 2009, this should not be the highest-voted answer in 2015 :) Java is a perfect suggestion just not JSP – Denticle 28/4, 2015 at 9:45

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Java? C++? Any language can be a web language... More details on your requirements would be needed to make a specific recommendation.

Python is a powerful, and popular dynamic strong typed language for web development:

PyWeb
Django
Pylons
Wt is a good C++ web framework

Ailing answered 7/12, 2009 at 17:35 Comment(4)

I pity the fool who tries to use C++ for web development. Java is tolerable, though. – Radbourne 7/12, 2009 at 17:36

Regarding web development using C++ you may want to check out pocoproject.org – Hoad 26/2, 2010 at 22:31

@JS Bangs, Are you speaking from experience of from some things you've heard? – Penis 22/6, 2010 at 19:25

CPPCMS can be a good start if performances are criticals : cppcms.sourceforge.net – Skelp 19/7, 2010 at 12:14

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Python is strongly-typed, and widely used for web.

Crifasi answered 7/12, 2009 at 17:35 Comment(0)

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You can use Java for web development. You would then need Tomcat or another Servlet Container that supports the deployment of Java Servlets and JSPs.

Best wishes,
Fabian

Elfreda answered 7/12, 2009 at 17:36 Comment(0)

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There is an OCaml web programming framework, and OCaml is strongly and statically typed if that's what you are looking for.

Seeto answered 7/12, 2009 at 17:50 Comment(0)

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I just came across Lift - a framework for web development using Scala.

Penis answered 19/7, 2010 at 10:59 Comment(0)

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Wt is a web development framework for C++.

Penis answered 19/7, 2010 at 12:4 Comment(0)

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Seaside is a web-framework for Smalltalk.

Tehee answered 19/7, 2010 at 11:2 Comment(0)

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