What made you decide to be a PHP developer vs other languages?

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  • web-frameworks

    Which is the fastest web framework?

  • In the world of containerized web development we're told to use the right tool for the job. So naturally a scripting language designed for web should be the correct choice here, right? Heck, if you look at all these microframeworks benchmarks PHP is far from over.

  • FrameworkBenchmarks

    Source for the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project

  • In the world of containerized web development we're told to use the right tool for the job. So naturally a scripting language designed for web should be the correct choice here, right? Heck, if you look at all these microframeworks benchmarks PHP is far from over.

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  • ray

    Debug with Ray to fix problems faster (by spatie)

  • Seems to me you just may have stumbled on a not-ideal PHP gig. The entire Laravel ecosystem is pretty awesome, there are a lot better tools for debugging than xdebug (https://myray.app/), and honestly, the amount of horrific spaghetti JS I've had to navigate is in multiple times worse, and in bigger amounts than any PHP related spaghetti I've had to deal with. But I do agree that for a newcomer it's hard to find good PHP products and tools since the information is so saturated on the internet, the only way you really find good quality things is by following the top guys on Twitter or so.

  • Laravel

    Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We’ve already laid the foundation for your next big idea — freeing you to create without sweating the small things.

  • Seems to me you just may have stumbled on a not-ideal PHP gig. The entire Laravel ecosystem is pretty awesome, there are a lot better tools for debugging than xdebug (https://myray.app/), and honestly, the amount of horrific spaghetti JS I've had to navigate is in multiple times worse, and in bigger amounts than any PHP related spaghetti I've had to deal with. But I do agree that for a newcomer it's hard to find good PHP products and tools since the information is so saturated on the internet, the only way you really find good quality things is by following the top guys on Twitter or so.

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