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by brightball 676 days ago
Both have their uses.
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djaouen 676 days 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.
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exodust 676 days ago
After 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.
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archerx 676 days ago
Please give me some examples!
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djaouen 676 days ago
Learn a functional language like Elixir. That’ll prove both useful and mind expanding!
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ecjhdnc2025 676 days ago
Elixir 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.

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archerx 676 days ago
How can I use Elixir for the web, microcontrollers or making games?

How can Elixir make the development of those things easier/better?

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brightball 676 days ago
Using Perl for sysadmin work and living life in Regex for a while has its perks too. ;)
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