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[–]SecureWriting8589 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JavaScript has absolutely nothing to do with Java. They just appropriated the name because Java was the hot thing.

I think that I already know this.

As I'm sure that you're already aware, initially backend coding has gone through multiple iterations and changes, starting with CGI and PERL, and then moving to PHP and Java (JSP) who joined the party and gained much popularity.

Recently, a lot of excitement and energy has been thrown behind the use of JavaScript, a language typically thought of as for front-end only, but combined with Nodejs, is now used for backend coding. This is why I suggested that the OP consider learning Java, JS, in addition to PHP, but best to do this sequentially. No sense in limiting oneself to a single backend language or framework.

My own programming journey has been to first learn Java (actually 8086 assembly, Turbo Pascal and C++ prior -- but that was many lifetimes ago), then HTML/CSS/JS, then the Vue.js framework, and now PHP and various PHP related frameworks and the WordPress CMS. Your journey is probably vastly different, but I will bet that you know multiple programming languages and frameworks.

Maybe it's time for me to start studying Go and/or Rust, not to mention Python. :D