MomentumSI Programming LanguageRecommendations2013 – Q4

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This Report…

For the last 16 years, MomentumSI has provided guidance to start-ups, ISV’s and enterprise organization on their use of technology.

MomentumSI is a provider of both consulting and engineering services. As “doers” we understand what works – and what doesn’t.

This presentation reflects our position on software development, specific to the use of programming languages.

Readers should note that the ‘language of choice’ will change over time and with the problem at hand.

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Recommendations

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Avoid Risk Averse Use Only

PerlVB.NetASPPHPCobolLispTcl

JavaCC++C#

Special case requires approval

EiffelScalaHaskellObjective-CClosureGroovy

JavaScriptGoRubyPython

Recommended

Java moves to ‘Risk Averse’

Java is one of the most commonly used programming languages today and has a tremendous ecosystem.

It remains a viable choice for organizations who have lots of programs written in it, and skilled people.

To some extent, Java has become a victim of it’s own success Has had to innovate new features while largely retaining backward

compatibility Major new changes have come in the form of add-on’s or frameworks that

are written in Java, but have little to do with the Java language itself Where Java is ‘one size fits all’, languages like Go and JavaScript are being

used for mainstream uses cases, with specialized capabilities.

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GoLang moves to Recommended

Go is a modern language from Google, started in 2007 when invented by heavyweights Rob Pike and Ken Thompson. Originally targeted multi-site/cloud server work, though now provides extensive

client and mobile support. It resembles the ‘C’ language in terms of speed and power, but removes most of the

dangers while taking influences from the history of other languages (e.g., Python, Ruby, Java, C++).

It is highly supportive of multi-project, collaborative work via multi-site remote import Many modern projects have taken to it: e.g., Docker, Packer, Juju, Flynn

(Docker PaaS), Cloud Foundry, etc. Great built-in features:

Concurrency/multi-core support is a fundamental part of the language: Goroutines; channels, select, etc. Go programs are a single, static, native executables; Dependencies resolve early,

not late; Rollback = "run the previous binary.” Code formatting (gofmt); Easy concurrency; Multi-core, High performance; Built-in

Profiling Web frameworks (net/http) etc.

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JavaScript moves to Recommended

Long overdue, we’re moving JavaScript to recommended status JavaScript on the client is producing compelling interactive user

experiences JavaScript on the server-side has matured. Recent innovations

include: Google V8 JavaScript Engine has significantly increase performance Node.JS makes server side development easier / faster Multiple JavaScript UI frameworks have overtaken features that were

previously only available in Flash/Flex Commercial support of Node.JS from StrongLoop

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