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I am not saying they don’t. I am just saying there are (except in a few rare cases) better uses of your time.
by djaouen 2y ago
I am not saying they don’t. I am just saying there are (except in a few rare cases) better uses of your time.
- archerx 2y agoPlease give me some examples!
- djaouen 2y agoLearn a functional language like Elixir. That’ll prove both useful and mind expanding!
- archerx 2y agoHow can I use Elixir for the web, microcontrollers or making games? How can Elixir make the development of those things easier/better?
- ecjhdnc2025 2y agoElixir looks great. It reminds me of the functional and pseudofunctional programming languages I used at uni and their environments like Poplog. I agree it's mind-expanding. But I don't think most web development work is mind-expanding or a realistic application for it. I also don't think using it to criticise PHP is really the right target. If you want to use a functional programming language/environment as a critique of modern web development... maybe start by targeting server-side JS.
- brightball 2y agoUsing Perl for sysadmin work and living life in Regex for a while has its perks too. ;)
- exodust 2y agoAfter learning HTML, CSS and Javascript, PHP is a good next choice on the path to self-learning web development in 2024. The whole idea is to achieve "world is your oyster" with the minimal number of steps. Don't agree? That's fine. Web development isn't meant to be dictated to others.