> a language that compiles to PHP<p>As I scroll through the page...<p>> familiar JavaScript like syntax<p>> provides a Perl module<p>From what depths of hell did this arise?
>You want a JavaScript-like language for server-side development, but without the complexity of Node.js<p>I think if node is too complex for you then perhaps you should find another career/hobby.
While I can appreciate the good intentions of the developers, for me, this just screams waste of effort. I can't see a way that this will ever gain widespread acceptance.<p>Can this even leverage the enormous PHP ecosystem? ie, composer, <a href="https://github.com/guzzle/guzzle" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/guzzle/guzzle</a>, <a href="https://github.com/thephpleague/flysystem" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/thephpleague/flysystem</a>, etc.<p>From what I understand this targets developers who:
A) Come from a javascript background
and
B) Want to deploy on cheap hosters where node isn't available?
and
C) Don't care about performance and don't mind the additional complexity of the transpiler.<p>Seems like a pretty small target audience.
This looks like a great transitional framework for people who need to support existing PHP code or infrastructure and aren’t ready to make the jump to React just yet.
I'm curious as to the design decisions behind the THTML[1]. Some of them, like the double or triple arrow tags seem like they are going to be confusing in practice. It becomes a constant question or intent or typo (at least in my mind).<p>[0] <a href="https://tht.help/reference/thtml" rel="nofollow">https://tht.help/reference/thtml</a>