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PHP is a strong language for the web, but the community is not. I really only see Facebook pushing the language and even though Steve Ballmer has been memed to
by joeblau 13y ago
PHP is a strong language for the web, but the community is not. I really only see Facebook pushing the language and even though Steve Ballmer has been memed to death about his "Developers" rant, the developer community is really what makes languages like Ruby/Rails and Node.JS more attractive.
I definitely applaud all of the work the Facebook team has done in order to push the limits of PHP and turn it into something that developers are actually comfortable working with. With that being said, I still don't think it's better than I thought it was.
- bilalq 13y agoThe PHP community is doing quite well these days. The advent of things like Composer, FIG, and PSRs have brought a breath of fresh air into the PHP landscape. There's a bit of a renaissance going on here.
- joeblau 13y agoAh I see. Yeah I haven't kept up with the PHP community really for about 5 years. I'll definitely have to take a look some time in the next coming weeks to see what's been going on.