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Andrea Evolo
Andrea Evolo
7,496 Points
Posted by Andrea Evolo
Andrea Evolo
7,496 Points

It's a bad idea to learn php for me now?

I have done the front-end developer track and started the full stack js. After the Ajax and the object oriented javascript ininja should start to learn node js for the backend. JavaScript is my first programming language, but learning node.js it seems to be a waste of time for me because in my local area is not requested. PHP is the most requested, also I want to try the backend to seedo if I prefer it to the frontend. Should i master Js before attempting toto learnthe php? (Sorry for my bad English)

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Patricia Hector
Patricia Hector
42,901 Points
Patricia Hector
Patricia Hector
42,901 Points

Hey Andrea! I think any decision you make will be OK. If what you want is to start working as soon as possible and in your area the demand is PHP, then go for it. You already know OOP (object-oriented-programming) so migrate to PHP won't be a super complicated task. Pick a local Dev Environment (MAMP, WAMP, XAMPP) depending on your operating system and start breaking things. You'll need to check out some Database courses as well, and if you want, you can add to your skills the CMS' available in Treehouse: Wordpress and Drupal. And of course, the frameworks; Laravel and Slim. On the other hand, everything related with JS is very excited as well, Node.js and Express with MongoDB and frameworks like jQuery, React or Angular; you can build really cool applications. Don't feel you are abandoning JS if you choose PHP, because you're not, in fact, you are increasing your skills. The theory you learnt with JS, you'll be using it on PHP because those are fundamentals of programming, and you can still use JS in general for your PHP site to create behaviour. In the end, pick the option that makes you happier and keep coding. Ciao.