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I've moved on from PHP some 5 years ago. I'm not missing the language. But damn I'm missing Symfony! I prefer Scala to PHP, the language is much more expressiv
by tasuki 7y ago
I've moved on from PHP some 5 years ago. I'm not missing the language. But damn I'm missing Symfony!
I prefer Scala to PHP, the language is much more expressive. When you want to replace a bit of core functionality, in Symfony, you extend the desired class, add it to the dependency injection container, and you're done.
In the Play framework, I once wanted to make a one-line change to the routing. When it turned out I'd have to touch 30+ files which have hardcoded dependencies on each other, I quickly gave up.
- out_of_protocol 7y agoCheck out Rails (ruby) and Phoenix (Elixir)(Rails' successor, personal favorite of mine). Many frameworks on many languages tried to mimic rails but most failed to achieve desired level of polishing/comfort/completeness/etc
- http-teapot 7y agoThis is exactly my experience as well. Moved from PHP to Scala about 6 years ago. Symfony is absolutely amazing. For example, you can import a UserBundle from github, extend the original service class, change a couple of lines and then you have a fully functional user auth system without to rewrite/wire a bunch of things. Although I don’t enjoy writing PHP anymore, I do miss how mature it is.