[0:00] Python versus PHP, which is better?
[0:02] Let's talk about it. Hey guys, John
[0:03] Elder here from codemy.com and if you're
[0:05] a brand new coder looking to get
[0:06] started, which programming language
[0:08] should you pick? Python or PHP? Let's
[0:10] break it down to these six things. One,
[0:12] how easy are they to learn? Two, how
[0:14] easy are they to code? Three, what are
[0:16] each good for? Four, how are their
[0:17] communities and resources? Five, what's
[0:19] the job outlook for each? And six,
[0:21] what's my final recommendation? First,
[0:23] how easy are they to learn? And the
[0:25] answer is, pretty easy. If you have any
[0:27] sort of coding background or if you
[0:28] already know some other programming
[0:29] language, you can easily pick up the
[0:31] basics through, I'd say, intermediate
[0:33] levels of both Python and PHP in an
[0:35] afternoon. I've several intro courses
[0:37] for both at codemy.com and I also wrote
[0:39] a best-selling Python book and some PHP
[0:40] books that could help. If you're brand
[0:42] new to coding, you can still pick up
[0:43] either in a few days to, I'd say, a week
[0:45] with no problem at all. Python is
[0:46] probably a little bit easier to learn,
[0:48] but PHP is pretty simple, too. Next, how
[0:50] easy are they to code? Python is
[0:52] definitely the easier of the two to
[0:53] code, but PHP is really not bad at all.
[0:55] Python is known for its readability and
[0:57] simplicity. Its syntax is clean and
[0:59] resembles pseudo code, more natural
[1:01] language-like, and it uses indentation
[1:03] to make things easier to read. PHP, on
[1:05] the other hand, can seem just slightly
[1:06] more complicated. The syntax is a little
[1:08] less readable because it uses lots of
[1:10] weird characters, semicolons, and lots
[1:12] of brackets and things like that. It's
[1:13] just a little harder to look at and
[1:15] easily comprehend. Not super hard, but
[1:17] harder than Python. Third, what are each
[1:19] good for? Python is a great general-use
[1:21] programming language. It excels at data
[1:23] science, machine learning, and AI
[1:24] because of popular libraries like NumPy,
[1:26] Pandas Matplotlib Scikit-learn and
[1:28] PyTorch. We've got tons of videos on all
[1:30] of those here on the channel. Python is
[1:31] also great for back-end web development
[1:33] because of popular frameworks such as
[1:34] Django and Flask. It's also great for
[1:36] graphical user interface apps, GUI apps,
[1:39] using the Tkinter and PyQt libraries.
[1:41] We've got tons of Tkinter, PyQt, Django,
[1:43] and Flask courses here at codemy.com.
[1:45] Python is also great at just
[1:47] general-purpose coding. Have repetitive
[1:49] tasks? Python is great at automating
[1:50] them. PHP, on the other hand, is a great
[1:53] server-side scripting language for web
[1:54] pages. While it can be used on its own
[1:56] or in a PHP framework such as Laravel,
[1:58] Cake, or Symphony, the majority of its
[2:01] use will be in powerhouse content
[2:02] management systems such as WordPress,
[2:04] Drupal, or Joomla. As of 2024, some
[2:06] sources put the number of WordPress
[2:08] websites on the entire internet at 43%.
[2:11] Think about that. 43% of all websites
[2:14] are made with WordPress, and PHP powers
[2:16] WordPress. That gives it a ton of clout.
[2:18] Though, outside of web development,
[2:20] you'll be hard-pressed to find many uses
[2:21] for PHP. You may have heard of the term
[2:23] LAMP, which is a massively popular way
[2:25] to deploy web apps. LAMP stands for
[2:27] Linux machines, Apache web servers,
[2:29] MySQL databases, and PHP. LAMP LAMP is
[2:33] super popular because of its relative
[2:34] ease of use, yet pretty high level of
[2:36] functionality. And PHP is usually always
[2:39] installed by default on most basic web
[2:41] hosting packages. Fourth, community and
[2:43] resources. Both Python and PHP have
[2:45] extensive, massive, fanatic communities
[2:47] with robust resources. If you have a
[2:49] question or a problem with your code
[2:51] along the way, you can always expect to
[2:53] find dozens of answers instantly via
[2:55] Google or Stack Overflow for each.
[2:57] Learning resources for each are endless,
[2:59] as well. There are tons of tutorials,
[3:00] books, online courses, and bootcamps for
[3:02] each of them. Five, what's the job
[3:04] outlook for each? Both Python and PHP
[3:06] are two of the most in-demand
[3:07] programming languages in the world.
[3:09] Neither are going away anytime soon.
[3:11] Just head over to any job listing
[3:12] website like indeed.com and search for
[3:14] jobs in your area for each of them.
[3:15] You'll likely find more diverse job
[3:17] opportunities for Python simply because
[3:19] Python does more stuff than PHP does.
[3:21] But, if you're looking to focus solely
[3:23] on web development, especially in a LAMP
[3:25] or WordPress environment, PHP jobs are
[3:27] plentiful and decent paying. Remember,
[3:29] 43% of all websites on the entire
[3:31] internet use WordPress, which uses PHP.
[3:34] Salaries for each are competitive, and
[3:35] it really just comes down to what sort
[3:37] of work you're interested in doing.
[3:38] Finally, which is better? Which do I
[3:40] recommend? Well, to pick between these
[3:42] two isn't really fair since Python is
[3:43] used for so many more things than PHP is
[3:45] used for. So, in that sense, Python is
[3:47] clearly better. But, for what it does,
[3:49] PHP is no slouch. A better comparison
[3:52] might be PHP to JavaScript since they're
[3:54] both primarily web page scripting
[3:55] languages. If you're interested in that
[3:57] comparison, check out the next video in
[3:58] the playlist which should appear
[3:59] somewhere up there. And as always, you
[4:01] can learn all of these languages and
[4:02] frameworks over at codemy.com where you
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[4:08] name is John Elder from codemy.com and
[4:10] I'll see you in the next video.