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That REPL is awesome and an actual differentiating factor. I grew to web programming with Rails and Django, and trying out PHP (where to my knowledge nothing c
by vesak 10y ago
That REPL is awesome and an actual differentiating factor.
I grew to web programming with Rails and Django, and trying out PHP (where to my knowledge nothing comparable exists, or apparently even could exist) for a few years felt like I had entered the stone ages. And that feeling did not pass.
- pdgwien 10y agoIsn't Laravel[1] the Rails or Django of PHP? [1]: https://laravel.com/ https://laravel.com/
- WildGreenLeave 10y agoAs a Laravel developer that listens frequently to Taylor Otwell on the Laravel podcast[1]: yes, it is. I heard Taylor say multiple times that one or more parts of Laravel are inspired by RoR. [1]: http://www.laravelpodcast.com/ http://www.laravelpodcast.com/
- memco 10y agoIn the PHP space I know Laravel has an "artisan tinker" command which gives you a similar REPL where you can do at least some of the things demoed on the Buffalo site. This seems to be increasingly common to have for web frameworks from my somewhat limited experience.
- vesak 10y agoIndeed, artisan tinker is quite close to what Rails and Django give. The REPL is a bit awkward when compared to ipython, though, but that is probably fixable. If they'd just do it :)