In Visual Studio you go from 0 to "Hello world" in about as much time it takes to download and install the behemoth. And if you're having trouble with some part of the toolchain you'll know that everybody using the same version of VS will have the same tools so there's a very clear way to find help: "Visual Studio {$version} {$description_problem}".

While ASP.Net used to be (pre MVC) the shitty enterprise sloth that was holding you back to any serious quick development now a full web stack looks like more work to maintain than using VS. I think that should alarm some people.

Things should "just work" while I am getting things done. And if not there should be a reliable way to troubleshoot it.

PHP definitely got better while it still has a lot to improve. It just looks a lot less ugly when I see it, actually smart sometimes.

You should be able to use one IDE with full autocomplete (not autoguess) and a full stack going from project creation to project publishing. Otherwise your time is wasted.