Why I Still Love PHP and Javascript After 20+ years
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A seasoned developer with 20+ years of experience explains why they continue to appreciate PHP and JavaScript despite their reputation as "janky" languages. The author argues these languages attract pragmatic developers who focus on shipping products, have evolved significantly with modern tooling and frameworks, offer practical advantages like ease of deployment and malleability, and serve as great entry points for newcomers to programming. They emphasize that good software quality depends more on design, team communication, and development practices than the choice of programming language.
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They are used by people who get shit done.There is a lot of FUD that has been cargo-culted throughout the years.Their quality is offset by other factors.They are fun.Janky programming languages are great equalizers.I never had issues writing good code.I love legacy codebases.Sort: