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Stop. This kind of thing just turns into a religious war. Why? Because there are millions of pros and cons on both sides, and you can argue and worry about the pros and cons for the rest of your life, and it won't make on iota of difference to the success of your business. Flip a coin, pick one, and get on with building your business. You'll probably regret ...

I recommend to choose one base (propably best is development) and try to grasp some experience in the other area (design). If you do both together, you won't be a good dev nor a good designer. Both areas are quite broad and being a decent specialist gives you more reputation than an all-rounder. There is a job description called frontend developer, which ...

With the advent of templates like bootstrap, its become easier to create clean looking sites that can work with mobile and desktop devices. But a template doesn't do it all - UI + biz logic + copy all come together to present an experience to the user. Outsourcing the UI can be done, but if you're delivering the final product you need to deal with all ...

I think it would be easier if you do both. When you outsource your web design, you may consume some time if you are not in synch with the designer you hired. You can also enjoy all the salary from the given project. Well, if you got tons of websites to develop, you must have a designer handy. ;)

A few mixed thoughts: Scalability has less to do with language choice, and more to do with much broader architecture issues. For example, caching query results from databases in the application layer can help a lot. You can often scale up much more easily and cheaply when starting up than out. Building as stateless as possible to get the maximum ...

Review the PHP frameworks out there (Cake, etc.) and see if there is a fit for your business case. If you are thinking of expanding to an ecosystem of 3rd party add-on's / plugins / templates / extensions, then PHP is a good choice. Remember to take a look at the licensing model & define it up front so others can contribute without licensing issues. ...

Perhaps you could update your question with information on: The intended distribution mechanism (SaaS, downloaded & installed by end user, or both). How you will generate revenue. The ""ambiance"" of your planned product -- hip fun means of personal expression, or boring B2B product? As I see it, PHP wins massively for B2C web applications that are ...