[fetbaffe]

The language is as hard or as easy as any other similar language, yes, but the platform is much more easy to learn and use. Usually it is the platform, community and the environment that takes time to learn for any language.

Large PHP frameworks I think is starting to reach end of line. Seems like a micro framework trend has started with Zend Expressive and similar middleware based frameworks.

There was a trend of making PHP into Java, I think that is the wrong path, as you say, Java already exists. That trend also existed in JavaScript a long time ago. Seems like a natural instinct by some developers to do so when trying to create structure from a chaos like world.

Much better to build on PHP strengths. Dynamic, stateless, fast development cycle.