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[{"user_id": 3444, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305130168.0645599, "message": "Lets say you're developing a new web app, what language / technologies would you use if you could pick your favorites?", "group_id": 95, "id": 1009540}, {"user_id": 23776, "stars": [{"date_created": 1305624816.6312871, "user_id": 2293}, {"date_created": 1305781426.40239, "user_id": 1661}, {"date_created": 1305818433.30354, "user_id": 19655}, {"date_created": 1305998221.7637191, "user_id": 30644}, {"date_created": 1308401334.354959, "user_id": 14049}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305133906.8287201, "message": "Whatever you're best at.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1010494}, {"user_id": 12933, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307611500.3746481, "user_id": 15946}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305133641.9507029, "message": "perl.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1010404}, {"user_id": 2726, "stars": [{"date_created": 1306569191.992779, "user_id": 34228}, {"date_created": 1309202608.7711699, "user_id": 2343}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305135896.5576739, "message": "For learning you probably can't pick a bad one. Django/Python or Rails/Ruby would be popular things to research. Once someone has basic programming skills it makes sense to think about using the right tool for the particular job rather than always slinging the exact same hammer.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1011013}, {"user_id": 4149, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305136393.792809, "message": "Depends on so much but php, JavaScript should do a basic trick for any web app", "group_id": 95, "id": 1011178}, {"user_id": 3444, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305138688.3632481, "message": "Thanks, I'm more just curious than anything. I've build lots of things in PHP, some in ASP.Net / C#. I'd like to learn Ruby/Rails one of these days though. What are the pro's/cons of PHP VS. Ruby on Rails?", "group_id": 95, "id": 1011767}, {"user_id": 26088, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305140134.710053, "message": "If you ask my favorite, I'll absolutely pick Silverlight with C# if I could :) unfortunately I can't all the time :(", "group_id": 95, "id": 1012195}, {"user_id": 8195, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305141743.155591, "message": "Groovy :) It brings you the power of JVM and is so beautifully dynamic like Ruby.\nWhat better could you wish for? :)", "group_id": 95, "id": 1012661}, {"user_id": 32540, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305147873.222137, "message": "Thats a question that can have many answers.  If your app requires many concurrent users and performance, Node.js is gaining momentum", "group_id": 95, "id": 1014391}, {"user_id": 842, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382572.9555111, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305148582.258837, "message": "python & javascript", "group_id": 95, "id": 1014581}, {"user_id": 24097, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305150883.9627371, "message": "nodejs and javascript. love the asynchronous combo", "group_id": 95, "id": 1015159}, {"user_id": 32520, "stars": [{"date_created": 1306569212.55233, "user_id": 34228}, {"date_created": 1307382570.3422079, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305155171.4681821, "message": "python for sure", "group_id": 95, "id": 1015891}, {"user_id": 32167, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305159761.6361051, "message": "Python tornado for the back end. Though I am working in an idea using erlang and zeromq for handling scaling. For front end I really like yui3 as a javascript library", "group_id": 95, "id": 1016435}, {"user_id": 14562, "stars": [{"date_created": 1305162565.0739219, "user_id": 4149}, {"date_created": 1305170309.492013, "user_id": 3444}, {"date_created": 1310847443.8786311, "user_id": 22988}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305160994.2130661, "message": "It's not a question with a precise answer, I believe that good programmers have to employ the right language/platform at the right moment. For example, if my customer want a simple ecommerce website and it will not need great performance, why should I use C++ for this? That would be insane, I should employ a dynamic language with frameworks favorable to agile methods, like Ruby + Rails/Sinatra or Python + Django/Bottle. But now if you want to create a website that do heavy things like media compression or complex calculations behind the curtain with a high traffic, you could use something agile in front of the user(rails, django) and something more robust down the eye line, like Java. So, the language of choice depends a lot.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1016637}, {"user_id": 3789, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305176262.5959229, "message": "python or C# because that's what I know. It takes quite a bit of time to master a stack and  keep on top of all the updates that happen. So, I would stick to what I know.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1019905}, {"user_id": 12892, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305189035.21223, "message": "I'm quite fond of Tapestry 5. However, with web sites being less about html served from a server and turning more into client side applications... I must say I haven't found a favourite. Have looked at extjs, gwt, even cappucino, but I'm not sold on any of them...", "group_id": 95, "id": 1022268}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305193177.5114231, "message": "@CrowderSoup php and rails not really comparable, a language vs a framework... maybe codeigniter vs rails? for me, between the two, rails is just faster and easier to deploy, especially if you're building API... although I haven't look at the new codeigniter, not sure if they have a better approach for the routing table.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1022871}, {"user_id": 31125, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305196805.7344661, "message": "Ruby on rails is a really nice and mature framework/language combo. I also have an eye the Sproutcore and Node.js technologies.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1023507}, {"user_id": 32680, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305205930.5382011, "message": "PHP, Gambas, JS, VB, C#", "group_id": 95, "id": 1024417}, {"user_id": 2376, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305221525.3351729, "message": "PHP or Python.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1026701}, {"user_id": 26065, "stars": [{"date_created": 1305303899.298167, "user_id": 28560}, {"date_created": 1305514535.8404641, "user_id": 30714}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305232093.012125, "message": "Ruby for most of it, with node.js (yeah, not really a language) for special tasks, and coffeescript for all client side and on top of node.js. Erlang, Clojure and Scala if I had to solve really hard problems, but only as minor components. I am far more productive in ruby and coffeescript then with anything else (at least 5 times compared to c#)", "group_id": 95, "id": 1029258}, {"user_id": 26065, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305264163.1696329, "message": "rioja you should give coffeescript a try, it's one of those 'use it for an hour and never want to go back' things, really amazing language.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1035873}, {"user_id": 4373, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305265269.730716, "message": "Ruby, with Ramaze.  Would likely stick more jQuery into the UI than I have in the past.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1036143}, {"user_id": 1363, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305289791.3057301, "message": "Ruby on Rails, or node.js with something like Geddy to add a little structure to it if I'm feeling like a fancy lad", "group_id": 95, "id": 1040333}, {"user_id": 33104, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382616.8344901, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305299475.0507879, "message": "Python, Haskell, or C", "group_id": 95, "id": 1042705}, {"user_id": 25857, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305311711.3388309, "message": "Fortran, C++. I do Science-related stuff mostly", "group_id": 95, "id": 1045432}, {"user_id": 2382, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305323082.5440519, "message": "Whatever someone pays me to write in :) Otherwise x86 Assembler or C", "group_id": 95, "id": 1047803}, {"user_id": 4941, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305394344.336117, "message": "Ruby on Sinatra/Rails, Haml+Sass, HTML5 Boilerplate", "group_id": 95, "id": 1053648}, {"user_id": 33347, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382620.4438169, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305494781.020144, "message": "Python", "group_id": 95, "id": 1063582}, {"user_id": 3444, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305557461.102777, "message": "I've been wanting to learn Python, but just haven't had the time...where's a good place to start?  @giggity  @supjeff", "group_id": 95, "id": 1071680}, {"user_id": 33414, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382622.457375, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305557032.047565, "message": "python += 1", "group_id": 95, "id": 1071579}, {"user_id": 33414, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305557808.780529, "message": "@crowdersoup I already knew other programming languages when I got to python... But I started by learning django... it's actually a really easy language to learn if you already know any other...", "group_id": 95, "id": 1071736}, {"user_id": 14954, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305568936.2881379, "message": "@CrowderSoup \"Learn Python the Hard Way\" has gotten a lot of attention. You can download the pdf free http://learnpythonthehardway.org/index or buy a physical copy", "group_id": 95, "id": 1073129}, {"user_id": 33347, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305573256.848824, "message": "@CrowderSoup the official python tutorial is excellent http://docs.python.org/tutorial/", "group_id": 95, "id": 1073665}, {"user_id": 16549, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305582314.978693, "message": "Python, Django and javscript for personal project. C# pays the mortgage.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1075233}, {"user_id": 1364, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305605881.299933, "message": "Java - you can see our stack here http://bagcheck.com/bag/382-bagcheck-technology", "group_id": 95, "id": 1078837}, {"user_id": 17897, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305668558.349447, "message": "I use ABAP for work and Python for fun.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1088598}, {"user_id": 17897, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305668683.9547689, "message": "and I hope I'll get to the stage where I don't do ABAP and do Python both for work and fun.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1088620}, {"user_id": 2653, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305702058.7245469, "message": "php ruby javascript c++", "group_id": 95, "id": 1093759}, {"user_id": 22570, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382627.0907941, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305707514.235544, "message": "Python, Haskell or Clojure.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1094793}, {"user_id": 24847, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305729365.5425661, "message": "erlang and nitrogen", "group_id": 95, "id": 1097843}, {"user_id": 28054, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382657.623327, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305732639.1596, "message": "Another vote for Python", "group_id": 95, "id": 1099041}, {"user_id": 27815, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382659.477895, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305772424.758832, "message": "Python; but it really depends on what I'm doing.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1106443}, {"user_id": 6992, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305782520.423228, "message": "Clojure", "group_id": 95, "id": 1108410}, {"user_id": 18775, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305785748.107408, "message": "Erlang, Java, W, C++, Javascript it depends on the requirement... Trying to use the right tool for the job.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1108813}, {"user_id": 30098, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305791536.96857, "message": "PHP and Java", "group_id": 95, "id": 1109273}, {"user_id": 33692, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382662.1130991, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305797607.2815361, "message": "Traditionally, Python.  Lately, CoffeeScript.  Haskell is fun to read about for its mind-expanding-ness though.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1109910}, {"user_id": 33202, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382663.4772451, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305811900.738241, "message": "Python, Javascript/CoffeeScript", "group_id": 95, "id": 1111131}, {"user_id": 19655, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382665.738755, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305818538.0398769, "message": "\u2713 for Python", "group_id": 95, "id": 1112399}, {"user_id": 21348, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305836812.3348401, "message": "Haskell would be my choice for the logic/business part. Java if interoperation is a big concern. Erlang if scalability is crucial. And you can always go for a mix!!", "group_id": 95, "id": 1115867}, {"user_id": 33765, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305935378.0139279, "message": "C, C++, Java, JavaScript and Python.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1131391}, {"user_id": 33765, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382668.6588349, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1305935397.83514, "message": "Much love for Python though!", "group_id": 95, "id": 1131392}, {"user_id": 33855, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306000425.793793, "message": "definitely php / javascript originally also C and want to learn java and objective C.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1135368}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306102909.340519, "message": "JavaScript, with callbacks", "group_id": 95, "id": 1144729}, {"user_id": 33951, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382672.2201011, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306150544.9799039, "message": "Python, Qt C++ <3", "group_id": 95, "id": 1151199}, {"user_id": 34064, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382675.185451, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306198471.8136761, "message": "Python and Javascript. Very easy and organized.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1159556}, {"user_id": 30049, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306341888.956254, "message": "Javascript. Client and server. Language of the future.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1180640}, {"user_id": 26065, "stars": [{"date_created": 1306429709.622077, "user_id": 28560}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306347969.559797, "message": "Java before Coffeescript, how embarrassing, not to mention the 3:1 lead of Python vs Ruby. :P Thanks though, great job", "group_id": 95, "id": 1182040}, {"user_id": 3444, "stars": [{"date_created": 1306352287.0854781, "user_id": 842}, {"date_created": 1306381774.7763669, "user_id": 26065}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306347419.0331571, "message": "Threw together a quick blog post with a graph showing a comparison of the number of times each language has been mentioned in this thread: http://aaroncrowder.com/?p=135", "group_id": 95, "id": 1181847}, {"user_id": 3444, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306351126.7078681, "message": "@martin_sunset You're welcome, it was really my pleasure. Pretty interesting to see.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1183107}, {"user_id": 8282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306369164.7173009, "message": "in these days, I'm studying Clojure. it's very fun and exciting", "group_id": 95, "id": 1186054}, {"user_id": 34224, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382687.3218999, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306395583.3521969, "message": "Python - for rapid development, \u0421++ - for speed and JavaScript for client-side", "group_id": 95, "id": 1189627}, {"user_id": 30049, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306400827.3249309, "message": "Hypothesis: many people taking up Coffeescript are coming from Ruby or are new to Javascript. Are there any of you here who have been using Javascript for years as a primary language who prefer Coffeescript?", "group_id": 95, "id": 1190315}, {"user_id": 10027, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306405040.2598331, "message": "I prefer Python, but unfortunately it is under utilized in the USA. It's more of a Euro thing...unless you code for Google, Verizon or Mahalo (think that's about it in the USA)", "group_id": 95, "id": 1190700}, {"user_id": 3444, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382710.9193189, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306406424.319829, "message": "@bebreton But I do think Python is really making its way up the ranks here in the USA. It's not as big yet, but I think it's on the verge of exploding.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1190832}, {"user_id": 14000, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306409311.749068, "message": "Using node.js a lot at the moment to power some things which require real-time message delivery.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1191103}, {"user_id": 14000, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307970321.3204329, "user_id": 20848}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306409294.1855941, "message": "PHP, 90% of the time", "group_id": 95, "id": 1191101}, {"user_id": 26065, "stars": [{"date_created": 1306469777.535651, "user_id": 842}, {"date_created": 1306501352.399703, "user_id": 28560}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306467627.2008021, "message": "@jorangreef that would be me. And it was always a love hate relationship. After starting with coffeescript I am appalled when I need to touch javascript. It feels like a compilation result to me :P Here is a good presentation about coffeescript: coffeescript-seattlejs.heroku.com", "group_id": 95, "id": 1199841}, {"user_id": 34412, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306480062.9449079, "message": "python, ruby for powers and rapid development", "group_id": 95, "id": 1201715}, {"user_id": 19202, "stars": [{"date_created": 1306495839.5506029, "user_id": 26065}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306488107.5223291, "message": "Standard ML is the most beatiful language of them all. In practice though I use a lot of Erlang, with Haskell and Ocaml as backups. I also dabble in Go from time to time these days.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1202958}, {"user_id": 34224, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306489598.346323, "message": "@rioja maybe C# and Java are not so bad, but I just like C++ :)", "group_id": 95, "id": 1203140}, {"user_id": 34525, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1306605326.182714, "message": "node.js for the time being.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1213436}, {"user_id": 2376, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307258336.4754181, "message": "Python or PHP.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1292138}, {"user_id": 20889, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307271020.8570659, "message": "Ruby =P", "group_id": 95, "id": 1292581}, {"user_id": 8649, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307382722.9989929, "user_id": 592}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307305808.9084899, "message": "@bebreton On what do you base your claim that Python \"is more of a Euro thing\" and is \"underutilized in the US\"?", "group_id": 95, "id": 1295301}, {"user_id": 35341, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307731550.1875341, "user_id": 4935}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307366671.9412639, "message": "Haskell", "group_id": 95, "id": 1302965}, {"user_id": 35526, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307478292.487288, "message": "Common Lisp, then scheme for scripting.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1327443}, {"user_id": 15946, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307611535.9081271, "message": "Perl 6", "group_id": 95, "id": 1347640}, {"user_id": 35737, "stars": [{"date_created": 1307627475.130497, "user_id": 26065}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307624518.213217, "message": "Ruby", "group_id": 95, "id": 1349698}, {"user_id": 21274, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307716323.864084, "message": "Yeah. Ruby will rock your world.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1361408}, {"user_id": 19777, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307852053.9683051, "message": "SF has a boatload of Python goin on fuh sho", "group_id": 95, "id": 1373066}, {"user_id": 19777, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307852641.484376, "message": "I would rather just get even mo betah at javascript than of learn someone's language written in javascript. Seems like climbing out of the escape hatch in an elevator on the top floor of a building to get a better view by standing on the roof of the penthouse... but of course, that's just me.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1373082}, {"user_id": 8595, "stars": [{"date_created": 1308061277.885668, "user_id": 28560}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307875288.0848639, "message": "Ruby and Haskell", "group_id": 95, "id": 1373766}, {"user_id": 29700, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307947209.057925, "message": "Python + Django + YUI", "group_id": 95, "id": 1377913}, {"user_id": 26395, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1307986122.8334169, "message": "@CrowderSoup what did you use to map the keywords from this thread, if i may ask?", "group_id": 95, "id": 1382333}, {"user_id": 1874, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1308058379.169332, "message": "Python, C++ ... scratch that, if I could, I'd go D :)", "group_id": 95, "id": 1391000}, {"user_id": 22583, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1308083156.640455, "message": "Python, Django and JQuery.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1393803}, {"user_id": 33765, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1308092265.4478109, "message": "@alagu Does Django really count as a programming language? :P", "group_id": 95, "id": 1395367}, {"user_id": 4149, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1308106380.6366739, "message": "if you think Django or Jquery or mootools is a programing language you SHOULD NOT be programming js", "group_id": 95, "id": 1397077}, {"user_id": 1874, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1308105228.034683, "message": "@amackera same for jquery", "group_id": 95, "id": 1396951}, {"user_id": 14681, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1308138388.8936181, "message": "If you never done programing before, I say ruby - it's just easy to grasp then others I find.  Python would be my second choice, not matter what you primary language you'll need to pick up secondary languages like javascript", "group_id": 95, "id": 1399781}, {"user_id": 34412, "stars": [{"date_created": 1308655939.296443, "user_id": 36621}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1308139128.6345129, "message": "C for start and python next", "group_id": 95, "id": 1399809}, {"user_id": 12070, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1308174264.68098, "message": "Ruby and Javascript", "group_id": 95, "id": 1404853}, {"user_id": 34956, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1308336093.1767039, "message": "Python with http://www.web2py.com", "group_id": 95, "id": 1421442}, {"user_id": 31870, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1308380301.011734, "message": "PHP. Clean. Straight forward. No bull**** like .Net.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1425348}, {"user_id": 36376, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1308615961.189996, "message": "Python with Django or Tornado, fun! ;)", "group_id": 95, "id": 1443732}, {"user_id": 22669, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309062357.2777219, "message": "I've always gone PHP (MVC frameworks, like CodeIgnitor) for web", "group_id": 95, "id": 1487230}, {"user_id": 21305, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309079583.382617, "message": "@toxinide Never thought you were a Python aficionado ;)", "group_id": 95, "id": 1487938}, {"user_id": 36609, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309225245.485496, "message": "@keoz Since you have used C#, have you used Convore API, could you please help me do API call with ASP.Net and C# ? One example of how I can do https://convore.com/api/account/verify.json with C# and ASP.Net ... I tried https://convore.com/api/account/verify.json?username=vridealong&password=mypwd but it does not work", "group_id": 95, "id": 1501872}, {"user_id": 26088, "stars": [{"date_created": 1309244873.8573201, "user_id": 15929}, {"date_created": 1309272762.2170129, "user_id": 36609}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309230007.9705889, "message": "@vRideAlong hi maybe this may help you? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5152723/curl-with-user-authentication-in-c as I understand the API is REST with json and basic auth right?", "group_id": 95, "id": 1502583}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309244933.9329419, "message": "yep, get request with basic auth (https://convore.com/api/)", "group_id": 95, "id": 1503886}, {"user_id": 32694, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309266500.8671679, "message": "vimscript", "group_id": 95, "id": 1505550}, {"user_id": 36609, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309272785.4222579, "message": "@keoz @unwrangle Thanks ...", "group_id": 95, "id": 1506255}, {"user_id": 24035, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309305712.8937261, "message": "python & Django. Recently I started blogging about developing in it (www.askthepony.com/blog/)", "group_id": 95, "id": 1512981}, {"user_id": 22200, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309327927.565464, "message": "Python, Django, PHP, Code Igniter, Qt, C++, Javascript!", "group_id": 95, "id": 1515277}, {"user_id": 3224, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309332658.48016, "message": "Javascript + Node.js", "group_id": 95, "id": 1515480}, {"user_id": 36376, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309352494.6674199, "message": "@kaishin yeah my first job was junior dev at a Django shop, I really enjoyed working with Python as well. I didn't know you were one either :P", "group_id": 95, "id": 1516640}, {"user_id": 25068, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1309384336.3193779, "message": "hey", "group_id": 95, "id": 1522409}, {"user_id": 11197, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1310843253.6936729, "message": "if you are starting from scratch, theres no reason to use PHP in 2011. just use some language with a decent framework", "group_id": 95, "id": 1653363}, {"user_id": 22988, "stars": [{"date_created": 1310854321.702224, "user_id": 4149}, {"date_created": 1311234745.2347059, "user_id": 12641}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1310847734.3649509, "message": "I'm reading above answers and it's funny how the term \"language\" gets blurred. Many of you folks answer with your fav framework or library. How node.js or Qt can be a language itself? Am I lost or I'm not aware of JS/C++ fractions represented by those example frameworks? :> Anyway if part of this exercise is to figure out the most popular platform of choice here it definitively looks like convore is dominated by web devs.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1653711}, {"user_id": 30768, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1310876448.5439711, "message": "I program in JavaScript and Python but would love to program in go.", "group_id": 95, "id": 1655481}, {"user_id": 14707, "stars": [], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1310883016.966645, "message": "@hcalves why do you day that? I wonder this because frameworks like kohana and fuelPHP provide all the goodies of other \"new\" languages/frameworks", "group_id": 95, "id": 1655766}, {"user_id": 36785, "stars": [{"date_created": 1310884600.4962411, "user_id": 36785}, {"date_created": 1310909699.9349041, "user_id": 35256}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1310884593.8185821, "message": "coffee snake music", "group_id": 95, "id": 1655800}, {"user_id": 32614, "stars": [{"date_created": 1310995327.6998129, "user_id": 1955}], "topic_id": 34769, "date_created": 1310971453.932857, "message": "this is the same as asking a dentist what's the best tool he has in his toolset ;)", "group_id": 95, "id": 1660956}]