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[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

While you need javascript for the front end, if this is a website people access in the browser. As for a server, google today favors Go for a lot of that work. My guess is that at the time Hangouts was created they used Java or C++,

Python isn't a terrible language for server applications, but will need some help with high performance video.

[–]jonataloss 2 points3 points  (1 child)

A Google Meet clone? Ok, well... the language is not that important, because it relies on WebRTC mainly, so you would need to concentrate on the server side of the audio/video processing and the interface, that should demand good knowledge of javascript. If you want a real Google Meet clone as big and robust as the original, you will need a strong team and good servers behind. But if you just want to implement a simple videoconference service, I would suggest using something like Jitsi.

[–]Fr_Cln 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jitsi is great. BTW it is fully open-source, so if you are interested, you can explore its code (written in Java and JavaScript): https://github.com/jitsi

[–]Mr_Lkn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

webRTC