Looking to get a daily deal site like groupon done. but i am not sure how to advertise it on odesk to have it done in the right language so the question i have is what language would be the best for a groupon like site to handle millions of users. i heard most sites start with php and then gets mixed with other languages and then it concentrates its language to “C”.
Question: what language would be the best for a groupon like site to handle millions of users so that later i dont have to mix or reprogram.
If you’re building an entirely new website the language really doesn’t matter. You could build it in ASP.NET (MVC or Web Forms), PHP, Ruby, Java, Python, whatever you like. It’ll have no impact on the success of your business whatsoever.
If you’re looking to start fresh I’d probably hire a Django developer so that you can get a site up quickly. It’s highly unlikely that you’ll build a site in any of the above technologies and experience problems within the first year of being up. Once you’ve got an actual business and money coming in you can decide what your technology solution requires.
Finally, the kind of sites that compile their code down for quick runs are sites like Facebook, Amazon and Google, and let’s be fair, your site isn’t going to hit those heights within a year or two.
It’s really not a big deal what you choose at this early stage. Later on you may need to make some decisions regarding your site, but regardless of what you choose you’ll need to maintain that website any way.
As I said before, go with Python and the Django framework. It scales well, it’s got support and it’s good for people that want something up quick. If you’re looking for something a bit more robust on a Windows server then go with Microsoft’s .NET solutions and choose ASP.NET with C#.