Totally agree. In addition, PHP is a freely available, incredibly pervasive language that can be installed and run on even the most inexpensive web hosts. There is almost no messy configuration or server setup to be done.
So for a beginner web developer, all they need is a GoDaddy account and a couple tutorial guides.
The sad thing is that many developers stop here. They don't go on to figure out how PHP and Apache work together, how memory gets used and how to manage it effectively. They don't get exposure to proper coding standards (PHP's common standards are horrible IMO). And more often then not, a PHP developer learns how to code in isolation.
So for a beginner web developer, all they need is a GoDaddy account and a couple tutorial guides.
The sad thing is that many developers stop here. They don't go on to figure out how PHP and Apache work together, how memory gets used and how to manage it effectively. They don't get exposure to proper coding standards (PHP's common standards are horrible IMO). And more often then not, a PHP developer learns how to code in isolation.
Coding should be developed as a mentored skill.