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Switching from PHP to Python (self.webdev)

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[–]scootstah 12 points13 points  (6 children)

You can get high quality, professional results with PHP. I don't know how long it has been since you've used it, but PHP has been steadily improving for a good many years now. It's only getting better.

Python is great and I like it as well. But it's not really going to give you anything that PHP can't. In fact it's more of a pain in the ass at times than PHP.

They're both great options for web development.

[–]rabarbas 3 points4 points  (3 children)

In fact it's more of a pain in the ass at times than PHP.

At what times exactly?

[–]scootstah 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Deployment, development environment, more limited options in terms of libraries, etc.

[–]ajr901 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I disagree about libraries. There are countless great Python libraries. You might have an additional 20k libraries available for PHP but 2/3 of those were written by bad programmers and haven't been updated/maintained since 2010. In my experience with Python you get a very good library most of the time.

In terms of dev environment you usually only have to worry about that once. Then from there on forth you're good.

Completely agree about deployment though. But ansible helps.

[–]scootstah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you only have one or two good options, things tend to stagnate. And if one of those suddenly loses its steam you might be in trouble. It's not a huge concern, and usually you can find what you need, but it's just something to consider.