Re: Where do I get started?

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 <andrew@recalldesign.com> 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" <olnx@yahoo.com> > To: <php-db@lists.php.net> > 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: <BlazenSKY1@aol.com> > > To: <dan@eskildsen.net>; <php-db@lists.php.net> > > 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 > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: > php-db-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: > php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/