Creating a web page can be anything from a child´s game to a very complex task. It all depends on the webpage type we want to create and what do we need it for. Creating a personal static website is not the same as creating a dynamic website for a company that sells online or a news outlet. Depending on the type of website, it will be necessary to use one or another programming language.

Normally we tend to think that HTML and CSS are the most used programming languages on the entire network. And although it is advisable to somehow learn them, technically we cannot say that they are programming languages. Its correct definition will be "markup languages", specially designed for everything related to the web format and design.

Broadly speaking, the only thing we will need to create a web page is a text editor. Whether it's a notepad, an alternative like Notepad++, or an IDE like Visual Studio Code, we need a place to write. We will do the frontend in HTML and CSS, while we can program the backend in the language we want.

If we are going to create a static website, only with the frontend, we will not need any server to test it, since the browser itself will open and draw it. But if the web is dynamic, and has a backend, we will need a server, both in the cloud and on our own PC. To create websites, we can use Windows and Linux or macOS, it does not matter.

If we want to specialize in web development, the first thing we should think about is whether we are interested in focusing on the client part, or frontend, what users see, or on the server part, or backend, everything that is processed in the Remote server. We shouldn´t cover everything at once. Each type of development has a purpose, some characteristics and, of course, needs specific languages.

JavaScript: the king of frontend web development

JavaScript is an object-oriented programming language created with the main purpose of extending the HTML and CSS markup languages. Originally, this programming language only worked on the client side, displaying the page content. Today it is capable of exchanging data with the server (for example, dynamically changing the content of a website, or sending forms to the server), and is even widely used to display ads and implement tracking scripts on websites.

Among its characteristics we can highlight, for example, its similarity to the C language (since it is based on it), its dynamism and the fact that it is an object-oriented language, but with no classes.

PHP, the most used on the web

Unquestionably one of the most used web programming languages. It is used to program applications and dynamic web pages that require interaction with a database. PHP does not generate the HTML, but sends text directly to the HTML of web pages.
PHP is considered as a web programming language suitable for the inexperienced and is compatible with HTML.

This is one of the easiest backend languages to learn mainly due to its syntax. In addition, it is invisible to the browser and the client, since they will only see the HTML generated by the PHP on the server based on the information they are requesting.
It has a large number of modules, or extensions, and also has a large number of frameworks that allow you to customize, simplify and improve its possibilities.

Python

Although Python has many purposes (view), within web development it is mostly used as a scripting language and to automate certain tasks. It is very easy to learn and very compatible, which is why it is a popular option, especially among beginner web programmers.

In addition to its great ease, if we learn to master this programming language we will be able to expand our borders beyond the web, since this language is used in the development of software, and even video games.

Go

Go is a programming language developed by Google that seeks to mimic the syntax and performance of C while being as dynamic as Python. This is a compiled, structured, object-oriented programming language.

Google uses it in its own backend, although since there are many other more popular alternatives (such as PHP or Python), it is not exactly one of the most used. It is useful to learn it, although we should give priority to one of the previous languages.