On 8/26/07, Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, i'm kinda new around here and just tinkering around with php. My > question to you guys is how did you learn? by reading or by taking apart > scripts and adding your own style or what? I'm very curious.
I had a project that was failing bigtime, and had to fire the developer that I'd hired to do the work. He'd chosen to do the work in PHP, and since I have this masochistic tendency to spend all my time cleaning up other's messes, I taught myself. By the time I was done with that one project I was already pining for new features and such, as this was the early years (I think around 1997, 1998). Back then I was mostly writing apache modules in c, and a lot of PL/SQL... Your approach depends on your existing experience, and your personality and learning style. I learn by doing, and have been doing this longer than most of my coworkers have been out of diapers. Others may work differently, and want an example, or a book, or even a class. Just like all other languages, there are nuances of performance, security and such that can only be learned by doing. So rolling up your sleeves and diving in might be the fastest way to get you on the road, so to speak. -- Mitch _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
