On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Celogeek San <[email protected]> wrote:
> Use other language for the frontend may have some advantage. The first I > see, is that you can have more developer available in other language to > maintain the frontend. > > It's easier to find PHP Zend developer than Perl Web developer. Also true > for python. > There is a major problem with that approach. The reason it's easier to find a PHP developer is because the language is cheap. It's really easy to learn, and tons of people learn it to get a job. The PHP knowledge pool is very shallow though. That means almost PHP developers are very shitty developers that stopped learning because PHP doesn't really have a very proficient level to it. So companies that figure "hey, there are more PHP developers than Perl/Python/Ruby - I'll get programmers in those!" end up with really really horribly shitty code that it's impossible for them to actually get beyond of. I've worked at a lot of these companies. It's horrible. Really horrible. Don't be duped by number of developers overall. Think about "available developers", "developer knowledge and expertise" and "ability to provide a good product". Who gives a shit if there are less developers if I can still find enough?
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