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Is PHP a good first programming language?

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+title: Is PHP a good first programming language?
+date: 2024-10-18
+permalink: daily/2024/10/18/is-php-a-good-first-programming-language
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+  - software-development
+  - drupal
+  - php
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+  Is PHP a good first programming language?
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+I started coding in 2007 to build a website for a Tae Kwon-Do School I used to train at.
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+It was written with HTML and CSS and only contained a few small pages.
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+When I wanted to add more dynamic content, such as news articles and events, I started to expand and started to use PHP and MySQL.
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+PHP was a great first programming language for me (ignoring HTML and CSS), and it's gone through so many improvements since 2007, as well as the PHP content management systems and frameworks.
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+I think a lot of new coders only learn or are taught JavaScript and I can understand why if they've only got a short time, such as on a bootcamp, but I also think there is a benefit to learning another language - such as PHP.
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+PHP has Composer to manage dependencies, various robust content management systems and frameworks, PHPUnit and Pest for automated testing, PHPStan and Psalm for static analysis, and much more.
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+I'd definitely recommend taking a look at PHP if you haven't already.