Pesonally, I like Python because it is simple, oo, lot simpler to debug and goes well with javascript/json(utf-8 by default). I am big fan of Tornado - tornado

Pesonally, I like Python because it is simple, oo, lot simpler to debug and goes well with javascript/json(utf-8 by default). I am big fan of Tornado - tornadoweb.org Almost free hosting by google appengine is not bad either!