It's true that PHP gets the job done, that it's easy to learn and very easy to set up. This makes for a perfect "introduction to the web" language. Which is wh

It's true that PHP gets the job done, that it's easy to learn and very easy to set up. This makes for a perfect "introduction to the web" language. Which is why I began developping websites with it. But at some point, I felt like it was preventing me from really understanding what was going on behind the scenes, and I moved away from GRails and now nodejs. I don't hate PHP but I think Jeff's last point is good: we need framework as easy to learn and setup, but that lets you understand how the web really works.