Dear ALL,
I am thinking about developing a Social Networking website and I am very much concentrating on speed and efficiency.
My friends are saying that Python will be faster than PHP. But, I saw most of the social networking websites are built in PHP, Ruby On Rails.
For example, Youtube, MySpace,... are built in PHP.
What do you think? Kindly suggest me the best option which will lead to build a Social Network website with better loading speed.
Thanks in Advance !
Regards,
Suresh P
Which language is best for Social Networking website
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- jaoudestudios
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Re: Which language is best for Social Networking website
Aren't there enough social networking sites out there? Do you really want to compete with facebook?
Do it in actionscript 3/flex 3 and php
atleast it will have an edge over facebook!
Do it in actionscript 3/flex 3 and php
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Re: Which language is best for Social Networking website
Ummm...Assembler...with that many hits...man you need all the performance you can get. 
Re: Which language is best for Social Networking website
MySpace isn't PHP, it's a .NET port of Coldfusion. Facebook is PHP though.
Personally, I don't think you should be worrying about that sort of scale though. If the site takes off and becomes really popular then move it to a platform that will scale to that sort of size. To start with worry about what language will make it easiest to get a working prototype up and running. That will almost certainly be whatever it is that you happen to know. Learning a new language at the same time as making a major site will just mean you're a lot less likely to ever put it online.
Personally, I don't think you should be worrying about that sort of scale though. If the site takes off and becomes really popular then move it to a platform that will scale to that sort of size. To start with worry about what language will make it easiest to get a working prototype up and running. That will almost certainly be whatever it is that you happen to know. Learning a new language at the same time as making a major site will just mean you're a lot less likely to ever put it online.