Wrote Java code for few years and was writing php code the last 2,8 years. While it doesn't matter that much at the end of the day, php is slow compared to jav

Wrote Java code for few years and was writing php code the last 2,8 years. While it doesn't matter that much at the end of the day, php is slow compared to java. A language which has so much hidden potential performance (from 5.6 to 7) can't be that good. Also a lot of stuff i was used to in java is now also how php developer write code but with a language which doesn't support it properly. Annotations for example. The worst thing was the type annotations in comments. Why do you write type annotations in your php comments? Because otherwise your ide can't protect you from those errors. and it doesn't provide you with proper code completion. When you use tomcat and basic servlets or spring, you can write code quick and easy without any problems. Not sure why you wanna would use php. Tooling is much better (IDE support, Profiler support) and Debugging is much better (simple to connect, can drop frames) and yes java has hot code replacement. I can change the code while i'm debugging it and than drop the frame and test it again without reloading anything. And at the end of the day you do know a language which you can use for android, server, games, desktop clients and it is cross platform out of the box.