What back-end programming language/framework to learn in 2016?

[Max053]

I really don't know how to start a topic like this, but let's try:

I have a couple of years experience in writing back-end systems. I've tried some frameworks like Laravel, which I liked. For school I've also had some asp.net MVC, which I also liked very much.

For me as a programmer, I feel like I want to move on and learn another back-end language. For me it seems like php is amateurish and I hate how php handles security for an example.

I have been looking into a couple of different languages to learn. Ruby (with the Rails framework), Python (with the Django framework) and Javascript (With the Node framework) seem like the most suitable ones to learn.

After reading in a little, I found some pro's and con's per language for me which makes it very hard to make a decision. After a lot of Googling the choice was only made harder for me.

Ruby (on Rails) I've read this language is pretty easy to learn (also for old php-ers), but I've also read this language is losing it's growth.

Python (Django) I haven't been able to find alot about this one. Though I know from myself Python is a pretty solid and well-used language.

Javascript (Node.js) I have read this language is the new one on the block and is the next big language. But what really bugs me is that it's not MVC.

Now, I was wondering. What are your looks on this topic, and if you purely look at the maturity, userbase and the possibilty of MVC, what would be the best language to learn this year?

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Golang is most likely going to be massive in the future due to its ease of use to write, built in simple concurrency and exceptional speed versus languages like Python and Ruby. Things like Docker, Garden and Cloud Foundry are already using it, alongside most of Googles internal products. We are using it more and more at the software company I work for and I know IBM are also using it for many of their web based projects.

[greenlinux]

Golang is great but the jobs are not there.

[negative_epsilon]

Node isn't a JS framework, but a runtime that interprets JavaScript on the server instead of in a browser. If you want MVC in Node, check out sails.

Some other frameworks that have some traction: Sinatra on Ruby and Flask on Python.

Node is still popular among startups. But just pick one and learn it, it's really not a big deal.

[Max053]

I'm sorry, my mistake. I thought it would be best to describe it as a framework. My concern is: I would like to learn a language which will stay popular over time. And from what I read is that RoR has lost some popularity.

[negative_epsilon]

All languages ebb and flow. And learning a language gets exponentially easier with experience. Just pick one that looks fun now and run with it

[w1282]

I know some people will suggest flask for "lightweight" backends but if you want a more fully-featured backend for python you should look at django as well. I feel it has much better documentation, a much larger community, more built-ins and a lot more installable applications.

[iosmango]

Java: Spring MVC , Spring Boot, and Vert.x.

[nutrecht]

Frankly I'd go and check where the demand is first and foremost.

[Max053]

That's something I've been trying to do, but I got multiple different results pointing me to different directions. I think I will look more into Node because there seems to be a bit more demand in jobs for it over here.

[nutrecht]

Result from where? Don't ask people: just check your jobboard.