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Needs advice
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JavaJava
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PHPPHP

Hi, I am working as a web developer (PHP, Laravel, AngularJS, and MySQL) with more than 8 years of experience and looking for a tech stack that pays better. I have a little bit of knowledge of Core Java. For better opportunities, Should I learn Java, Spring Boot or Python. Or should I learn Drupal, WordPress or Magento? Any guidance would be really appreciated! Thanks.

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Recommends
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Flask
Jinja2
Python

Hard to answer it depend on market. Python + Flask + Jinja2 is better that SpringBoot. Java can be paid better now but I think that future is Python. I code very good in PHP, Java, Python - prefer Python for less code and more effects. PHP is little ugly and limited to web.

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Hiren Sah
Hiren Sah
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March 27th 2022 at 6:11PM

Thanks @Cezary for your useful reply.

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Needs advice
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MagentoMagentoShopifyShopify
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WooCommerceWooCommerce

Hi there!

I am in the process of building a B2B and a B2C marketplace on Magento 2, and I need a solution to anticipate customs duties and other various taxes such as VAT to show a net sales price to the customers. Do you guys have any knowledge about an API that does that kind of thing? Cheers

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Needs advice
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MagentoMagento
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Reaction CommerceReaction Commerce

I am consulting for a company that wants to move its current CubeCart e-commerce site to another PHP based platform like PrestaShop or Magento. I was interested in alternatives that utilize Node.js as the primary platform. I currently don't know PHP, but I have done full stack dev with Java, Spring, Thymeleaf, etc.. I am just unsure that learning a set of technologies not commonly used makes sense. For example, in PrestaShop, I would need to work with JavaScript better and learn PHP, Twig, and Bootstrap. It seems more cumbersome than a Node JS system, where the language syntax stays the same for the full stack. I am looking for thoughts and advice on the relevance of PHP skillset into the future AND whether the Node based e-commerce open source options can compete with Magento or Prestashop.

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Web Application Developer at Fortinet·
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Where im confused is why you think PHP isn't commonly used. It powers the grand majority of the internet, and as a language designed entirely around making websites (as opposed to general purpose languages like Java that have crammed in an http server to make it work for websites too), its a language that's incredibly easy to jump into, and offers a lot of flexibility and versatility on how to navigate web facing challenges.

Also don't kid yourself about the node "one language" ecosystem. You will find yourself often visually confused as you jump between editor tabs which .js is aimed at the browser, and which .js is aimed at the server, and gets even weirder when using js based templating engines. (This is why in my node projects with a front-end, I use Angular, which uses TypeScript),). JS was never intended to run outside of a browser based VM context, its just yet another language we've jimmyrigged an http compatible socket listener into and given filesystem access.

If you're worried about wasting your time jumping into bed with PHP, don't be. Its not only extremely widely used, but after 20 years its still incredibly relevant, high performing (you will be shocked to see how fast php7 actually is), high paying (yes, six figures), and the language itself has evolved leaps and bounds into a multi-paradigm beast of a toolkit bespoke to solving web challenges.

If you liked Spring, check out Symfony sometime. Its a PHP7 web framework that takes a LOT of inspiration from Spring, and pairs up with Doctrine, a PHP7 ORM that takes a great deal of inspiration from Hibernate. The company that makes Symfony, is also the same people behind Twig, which is so ridiculously good and popular, its been ported to pretty much every language including Java and node.

As for free packaged out of the box storefronts, Magento is a total beast of a package, and isn't for the feint of heart. But it is also THE most complete and ridiculously configurable self hostable e-commerce system you'll ever come across. Many web professionals have made entire careers completely around Magento. I am not one of them, but I have used Magento, PrestaShop, and several others, and I keep coming back to Magento. Outside of hosted shops like Shopify, Magento is, as far as I'm concerned, where you wanna be for a totally custom, plug-in based shop front for a website. The only time I'd recommend different, is if a customers website is powered by WordPress, then WooCommerce is where you wanna be.

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Technical Lead at DPO International·

I prefer to use Magneto because it open source and has a lot of extensions in it so it's so faster for building a website

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Rookie at LGS·
Needs advice
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SEMrushSEMrush
and
SeobilitySeobility

Hi everyone,

I’m a rookie who would love some opinions of what tools to consider for our Magento 1 community website. It was built in around 2014 and was mostly neglected until I came along. I love learning how to make things affect our ranking, but I’d like to be more accurate in what I’m doing. I’m self-taught, so it's all very challenging! I’m trying the monthly trial of Seobility. It seems very comprehensive. It would be great to have your wealth of experience on what else would give me feedback.

Thanks Tina

#newbie

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Freelancer at Freelancer.com ·
Needs advice
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DjangoDjangoMagentoMagento
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Node.jsNode.js

Currently, I am a university student, and it is my second last semester with a major in Computer science. I want to start my career in full-stack web development. I know Python with Django + PHP with Laravel, and my focus is on learning MERN stack. I am a little bit confused as to which technology I should choose: Django or Magento or MERN stack.

#newbie

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Front End Developer ·
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Node.js

GO For MERN Stack... brother

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Muhammad Shaheer khan
Muhammad Shaheer khan
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June 27th 2020 at 2:47PM

Much appreciated

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