Creating Server for a mobile multiplayer game

Question

I have to build a server to which I make requests using Unity for a mobile game.

I was advised to stay away from using REST for the server.

I want to be able to, in the client, make GET and POST requests via endpoints like "/players".

My question here is: which programming language and programs do you recommend me to start with to build a server to which clients can communicate with, in this case?

Answer 1

I've been using NodeJS to write servers for my programs and I've found it really good for a couple of reasons:

1) It is easy to understand the syntax (JS) if you've been using UnityScript or C# in the past.

2) There is a free download from the Asset Store that helps you parse and send data from a NodeJS server.