At least he was aware of it but preferred to keep it in the browser side. He had already started building something based on old PHP tutorials, what could be m

At least he was aware of it but preferred to keep it in the browser side. He had already started building something based on old PHP tutorials, what could be more useful if he has some small site to build: A. Tell there's a nicer and easier way to do it in PHP with well thought framework B. Tell server JS is so awesome (and all the cool kids are using:), you just need to start completely from the beginning Introducing things gradually can help a lot and lessen the frustration. Nowadays he's really into Vue and React but still likes to handle backends with Laravel :) Also learning is one of those things that helps if the learning stuff isn't too far away from the skills you already have. Introducing too much at the same time makes learning more frustrating - especially if you want to get something finished instead of trying to multiple ways of doing the same thing.