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I kind of deliberately left the question fairly wide just to see how people would reply. I think I would edge towards websites and similar but I would like to understand the processes involved in developing software for Linux. What would you recommend for a beginner (apart from JS and Python)?

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The Ruby programming language and the Ruby on Rails framework would be your best bet. The ecosystem is quite polished on building web apps.

If you are a beginner, I wrote a post about how to start with Ruby / Rails as a beginner that you may find interesting:

http://www.railstutors.com/blog/the-best-way-to-learn-ruby-o...

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