AOLServer is still valid but outdated and so NaviServer is the now the newly active maintained version of AOLServer, taking it back to it's roots.

TCL is a fun language and integrates well with most including perl and python. To be able to call a procedure based on a URL adds none of the frustration that MVC brings that I've found.

If your looking to pick up a new language to toy with; I would recommend TCL as an language to take a poke at. It does have an old unixy feel to it, but I've found it's mature and very solid. OO is also possible.

Nothing could be simpler when everything is a string, it leads you down a path of voodoo and creativity.

  proc displayHackerNews {} {
  set hn "Hacker News" ;#Set the variable (hn) with "Hacker News"
  puts $hn ;#Prints the variable ($hn) to terminal
  } ;#end procedure

  displayHackerNews ;#execute the procedure
   % Hacker News

If statements are easy

  set hn ""
  if { $hn eq "Hacker News" } { puts $hn } else { 
     set hn "sad face" 
     puts $hn 
  } ;#end if

Loops are fun

  set hn "Hacker News" ;#Set a variable
  while { $hn eq "Hacker News" } {
    puts "$hn" ;# print "Hacker News" to terminal in an infinite loop
  } ;#end loop

Multi-threading is a breeze.

  set MyThreadID [thread::create { 
  puts "Hello from my new thread"
   thread::wait
  } ;#end code-to-run
   ] ;#end thread

And finally, a if-switch-threaded-loop

  set hn "Hacker News"
  if { $hn eq "Hacker News" } {set switch "hn" } else { set switch "" }

  switch $switch {
  hn { 
  set MyThreadID [thread::create { 
  proc displayHackerNews {} {set hn "Hacker News" ; puts $hn} ;#end procedure

  #set aCounter to zero, if aCounter is < 7 execute displayHackerNews procedure
  for {set aCounter 0} {$aCounter < 7} {incr aCounter} { displayHackerNews } 
   thread::wait
  } ;#end threaded-code
  ] ;#end thread
  } ;#end switch-case

  default {puts "sad face"}
  } ;#end switch

Not a spokesperson, I just like TCL.

NaviServer: https://sourceforge.net/projects/naviserver/ | https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/NaviServer

TCL/Tk: http://tcl.tk/ | https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Tcl+Tutorial+Lesson+0 | https://www.tutorialspoint.com/tcl-tk/index.htm