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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 12, 2009 Why PHP won When I first learned to program on the web, Perl + CGI was the dominant platform. But by the time I was building my first websites for commercial use , PHP had taken over. Writing unit tests or mock objects in PHP is an exercise in constant frustration.

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Frameworks Round 2

TechEmpower

Only Cake PHP requires more than 100 milliseconds. As before, Raw PHP is also very strong in this test. Again, Raw PHP makes an extremely strong showing. PHP with an ORM and Cake improved dramatically from last week''s test thanks to configuration changes recommended by the community. with APC, PHP-FPM, nginx.

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Frameworks Round 1

TechEmpower

We have since posted a second round and third round that each include community-contributed updates. And let us simply draw the curtain of charity over the Cake PHP results. We are especially interested in community feedback related to tuning these MongoDB numbers. We were surprised by the performance of Raw PHP in this test.

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Framework Benchmarks

TechEmpower

And let us simply draw the curtain of charity over the Cake PHP results. For this exercise, we aimed to configure every framework according to the best practices for production deployments gleaned from documentation and popular community opinion. We were surprised by the performance of Raw PHP in this test. Dedicated hardware.

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Framework Benchmarks Round 11

TechEmpower

clancats (php). limonade (php). 1,112 total closed pull requests in the project's lifetime paints a vibrant picture of community involvement. The new frameworks are: silicon (C++). aleph (clojure). pedestal (clojure). crystal-raw (crystal). moonshine (crystal). jawn (java). mangooio (java). sails (js). asyncio (python).

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Where Can You Go If You Want To Learn PHP?

YoungUpstarts

Although WordPress uses several different programming languages – HTML, CSS, MySQL and JavaScript, to name a few – PHP is what primarily drives the platform’s backend. Honestly, I think it’s worth knowing at least a bit about PHP even if you don’t plan to become a developer. First, Sign Up For Code Academy’s PHP Course.

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How to Choose a Programming Language as a Tech Startup

The Startup Magazine

For every programming language, there’s a community surrounding it, making certain languages better suited for certain industries. Ruby is generally adopted by small companies, owing to its experimental and exploratory community. PHP with Laravel Framework. Speed and Scalability. Industry Standards.