Strongly-typed languages for web programming

Question

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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

You can develop Java web-applications. See JSPs.

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

Seaside is a web-framework for Smalltalk.

Answer 8

Wt is a web development framework for C++.