Is Java the only practical choice for webdev?

All other languages are either not compiled languages with static typechecking or have too few eligible users.  C# would also be an option if it wasn't Windows-only.

"getters" and "setters" are stupid. Is it so difficult to type:

"grandma.alive = 0;"

This is part of The Stupid Adventure defined by James "The Father of Java" Gosling.