Ask HN: Why should I switch from php to django or rails?

Re:Ask HN: Why should I switch from php to django or rails? by imp on Thursday June 17, 2010 @11:09AM (#1439138)

I've switched from PHP to Django for personal projects. Here's some random thoughts:

- Deploying Django isn't hard at all. No more difficult than LAMP apps.

- Python is a better language than PHP (IMHO)

- Tons of python libraries to work with. Wanna resize thumbnails? It's easier to work with PIL than cobbling together imagemagick commands.

I've never worked with those PHP frameworks, so I can't comment specifically on them. They're probably fine to work with, but I'll always stick with Django over learning a PHP framework. The main difference is getting to use a language like Python or Ruby instead of PHP.

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Re:Ask HN: Why should I switch from php to django or rails? by amk on Thursday June 17, 2010 @01:10PM (#1439565)

Yeah.. I hear that the languages themselves offer a lot of benefits rather than the frameworks. I have just read some quickstart guides on rails and django, so I guess I should spend more time trying to learn the language first.

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