Proudly written in PHP, Pixelfed has embraced a UI driven development approach.

Users don't care if :pixelfed: is using the latest or coolest framework or fancy tech, they care about the experience and what they see or feel.

I'd love to see more "uncool" projects in the fediverse.

@dansup Wait, is PHP the best language for something like this (in your opinion).

I would like to try developing something that would allow people to create accounts, upload information about themselves, and possible share data with each other via APIs.

Whether or not I actually do the actual programming or not, I am going to see if I can write up some specs for it.

But if I were to write it, what language is best for web apps with users like that?

@MOTT I'm biased, I would say php. I wrote a self-hosted status page and uptime monitoring federated alternative in a weekend using Laravel!

state.pixelfed.net/

@dansup I built a simple chatroom with PHP (using text files). So I know some. I also am building the backend of another program in PHP.

It is just that Mastodon and diaspora* both use Ruby on Rails.

How do you recommend me learning PHP sufficient enough to build a project? I also have to learn Databasing...

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@dansup What exactly is Laravel in a sentence or two?

@MOTT Laravel is the Rails of PHP (but faster, and with more features)

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