We spend many hours daily on the websites like Google, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc. But do you know which programming languages are used in the development of these websites? As a programmer or a computer geek, you must know this. In this article, I am going to share the programming languages used in the most popular websites.
Note: JavaScript is the common language for front end development but it can be used in various frameworks. Feel free to turn to this list of JavaScript frameworks for reference.
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Programming Languages Used In Most Popular Websites
1. Google.com
The most used and biggest search engine in the world.
Unique Visitors: 1,100,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: C, C++, Go, Java, Python
Database: BigTable, MariaDB
2. Youtube.com
The most visited video sharing site.
Unique Visitors: 1,000,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: C/C++, Python, Java, Go
Database: MySQL, BigTable
3. Facebook.com
The most popular social networking site.
Unique Visitors: 900,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: Hack, PHP, C++, Java, Python, Erlang, D, Xhp
Database: MySQL, HBase
4. Yahoo
The Second largest search engine in the world. Yahoo is presently transitioning to node.js.
Unique Visitors: 750,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: JavaScript, PHP
Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL
5. Amazon
The most popular internet shopping website.
Unique Visitors: 500,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: Java, C++, Perl
6. Wikipedia
Biggest free online encyclopedia.
Unique Visitors: 475,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: HHVM
Database: MySQL, MariaDB
7. Twitter
Second largest social networking website.
Unique Visitors: 290,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: C++, Java, Scala, Ruby on Rails
Database: MySQL
8. Bing
Third Largest search engine in the world.
Unique Visitors: 285,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: ASP.NET
Database: Microsoft SQL Server
9. Ebay
Second largest online shopping website.
Unique Visitors: 285,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: Java, JavaScript
Database: Oracle Database
10. MSN
An email client, for simple use. Mostly known as “messenger”.
Unique Visitors: 280,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: ASP.NET
Database: Microsoft SQL Server
11. Linkedin
World’s largest professional network and third largest social networking website.
Unique Visitors: 260,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: Java, JavaScript, Scala
Database: Voldemort
12. Pinterest
Most popular image sharing website.
Unique Visitors: 250,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: Django (a Python framework)
Database: MySQL, Redis
13. WordPress
Most popular and biggest blogging and content management system (CMS).
Unique Visitors: 240,000,000
Front End: JavaScript
Back End: PHP
Database: MySQL
Source: Wikipedia
Front end: JavaScript?
I don't get it. They all use html/css + JavaScript? They might use different UX libs like Angular and such. But just saying JavaScript doesn't tell anything.
I still don’t understand how the website is made with C ++ . is there any special framework for c ++ ?
One correction. PHP is used as front end in Facebook not as back end. Read https://www.quora.com/What-is-Facebooks-architecture-6#
I’m in high school right now and planning to go to the USA or Australia next year. Which course should I choose software engineering or computer science?Cause I wanna make an app in the future?
you should choose software engineering .
Great article. Very helpfull to see the power of languages.
Thanks for sharing such a best information with us.