The software development life cycle begins with requirements for the cycle. These can be changes to existing code or new programming.

The specifications for each unit of the project are given to a programmer, DBA, QA person, etc. After the programmer makes the necessary changes or additional programs, the programmer tests his/her code in a test environment.

When testing by the programmer is complete, a quality...

I am an old COBOL programmer who is now breaking into the web design world... But, I want my specialty to be the back end of the site... like security, database manipulation, e-commerce, etc.

What is the best/most malleable language to use for back end programming?