You're missing the point-- it's not that there is a practical
difference in the examples, it's that there IS a difference, the
students see it, and it is an extra point of confusion that isn't
needed if one is being consistent.
I completely recognize that the practical effects of the differences
On 11-Apr-2007, at 13:06, Chris Lott wrote:
You're missing the point-- it's not that there is a practical
difference in the examples, it's that there IS a difference, the
students see it, and it is an extra point of confusion that isn't
needed if one is being consistent.
I have to disagree,
On Wed, April 11, 2007 2:06 pm, Chris Lott wrote:
You're missing the point-- it's not that there is a practical
difference in the examples, it's that there IS a difference, the
students see it, and it is an extra point of confusion that isn't
needed if one is being consistent.
I completely
On Wed, April 11, 2007 5:12 pm, LuKreme wrote:
On 11-Apr-2007, at 13:06, Chris Lott wrote:
I completely recognize that the practical effects of the differences
are small, but the learning effects of the inconsistencies is much
larger, particularly with a group of students that are not techies,
On 6-Apr-2007, at 08:13, Chris Lott wrote:
echo substr(abcdef, 1);
So they naturally want to know-- why the double quotes? And there's no
good logical reason for double quotes in the example-- and there are
languages where the function could take a variable to be interpolated
that DOES need
Chris Lott wrote:
I will be teaching, so a book that a student can-- before the class--
work through and understand is good-- doesn't have to be a traditional
textbook! But it shouldn't be a reference manual either.
If you're looking for an up-to-date beginner's book that advocates (what
I
Chris Lott wrote:
Looking for suggestions for a PHP textbook for an Intro to Web
Programming class that will be using PHP5 and MySQL. This is a
first-semester course, so no programming experience required.
It would be nice to have a text that adhered to (what I see as) good
practice using
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