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I don't know many folks that call themselves "PHP programmers" or "Python devs". I know a lot of "web developers" that know a bunch of technologies, though. The
by generalk 16y ago
I don't know many folks that call themselves "PHP programmers" or "Python devs". I know a lot of "web developers" that know a bunch of technologies, though. The few people I do know that are "$LANGUAGE developers" usually aren't that good.
As far as frameworks go: I use frameworks because I don't want to re-write the same shit over and over again. Yes, I can write an <a> tag, and I can do complex JOINs. Now I use Haml and ActiveRecord so I don't have to spend time hand-crafting every SQL statement I need.
I've never understood the whole "frameworks bad" ideology. Just because some folks don't learn anything outside of their framework doesn't mean all frameworks are bad. (See: US Supreme Court, Baby v. Bathwater)
- joelmichael 16y agoI identify as a Rails developer out of expedience. It is what I've worked in for the last five years or so, and where most of my marketable proficiency lies. You could call it my specialization. I know PHP, C, Java, Perl, and others, but why mention them? I haven't used them for work in years.