One of the best kept secrets (apparently) is to take a
program that someone else has created (preferably a
mature project that has undergone some growth and
cleaning) and learn what it does...syntax is just
that...you will see that there are about a million
ways of doing any one thing, but only certain ways
(coding style) will guarantee that your projects dont
collapse on their own obfuscated methods.
I must admit I am a newbie, but I have seen some
excellent modular, clean code on this tutorial on
building an ecommerce site (MyMarket). It is a great
departure point for many projects:
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/Commerce1/
hth
--- Andrew Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> dont bother reading books...if you have coded any
> c,c++,java,<just about any
> language> these books are 80% fluff.
>
> All you need is the php manual, a project to start
> dabbling and this
> list....really.
>
> AndrewH
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "olinux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 4:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Where do I get started?
>
>
> > I enjoyed FAST AND EASY PHP by Julie Meloni [
> www.thickbook.com ] and the
> > PHP4 BIBLE [ www.troutworks.com/phpbook ] has
> served as a good reference.
> > I am new so these are the only two i've read. I
> just picked up SAMS Teach
> > Yourself SQL in 10 minutes. I know I have heard
> the books are crap, but i
> > needed a quick references [ tiny little $13 book ]
> antoher great book is
> > HTML 4: No Experience required by Sybex Books.
> >
> > olinux
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 4:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Where do I get started?
> >
> >
> > > I am also very knew at PHP/MySQL and have been
> busy populating my MySQL
> > databases with tables (phpMyAdmin is a snap-LOL!).
> I am currently reading
> 3
> > different books on PHP, which also discuss use of
> MySQL as the back end:
> > Essential PHP (Julie Meloni), Beginning PHP
> (Wrox), and Essential PHP for
> > Web Professionals (Christopher Cosentino). I also
> bought a book
> > appropriately titled MySQL by Paul DuBois as
> additional reference for the
> > back end. Dont forget the web: There are also
> tutorials on the web that
> may
> > help also.
> > >
> > > Steph
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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