How do one choose a suitable programming language?

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Hi, I'm new to coding and want to ask how do you choose a programming language for a project? What are the choosing based on? Most answer I found says it's based on what I need. But I don't know what I need. I just know what I want to build.

Let say I want to build an E-commerce website and mobile web like amazon.com or alibaba.com and apps version later.

What are the pros and cons that I should look for? Do I need one with flexibility like Java or one with fast load or is there something else I would need?

Thanks in advance.

What I have tried:

Reading articles comparing languages, but none hinting "That's what I need!"

Posted 27-Aug-17 6:43am

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Updated 27-Aug-17 8:36am

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RickZeeland · Answer 1 · 2017-08-27T07:34:00

This might be of interest to you too: [Top 10 Programming Languages in 2017]
It is a bit superficial, but gives a good overview.

Also interesting: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2017[^]
'Most popular' does not mean that these are the best languages for you, although the GO language is listed at the bottom, it is a very interesting and fast language especially for networking and web development.

Patrice T · Answer 2 · 2017-08-27T07:21:00

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Let say I want to build an E-commerce website and mobile web

Get started here for web site
W3Schools Online Web Tutorials[^]

Posted 27-Aug-17 7:21am

Patrice T

Richard MacCutchan · Answer 3 · 2017-08-27T07:10:00

Solution 1

For such a website you need ASP.NET which means you need to learn the following to start with:

HTML
Css
Javascript
C# or VB.NET

You can find samples and tutorials here on CodeProject at Web Development[^] and at the official ASP.NET | The ASP.NET Site[^].

Posted 27-Aug-17 7:10am

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