On: PHP is worth learning and using

[thecatspaw]

You do not need an _external_ server for a lot of languages. If you use node for example you can use the express package to run a custom server, or embedded tomcat for java

[tlackemann → thecatspaw]

I suppose, but I've never encountered a production site that was using Gunicorn or similar as a true server. Usually that's coupled with something like Nginx or HAProxy.

So yeah, you technically don't need one for Ruby or Node.js, but I sure would.

[redm → thecatspaw]

PHP has a built in web server you can launch from the CLI and run the script. `php -S <address:port>`