Re: Documentation Warm Fuzzy II
| From: | Mike Robinson | Date: | Tue, 16 Nov 1999 22:01:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Documentation Warm Fuzzy II | ||
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At 01:39 PM 16/11/99 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Hi again,
>
>Forgot the rest of the message:
>
> > You can tell them further that I never use hardcopy, so the
> > way I learn or reference anything is the online docs. Some stuff on
> > developer.netscape.com is decent for HTML and javascript, but I've come
> > across nothing like the php docs that remotely approach it in quality. The
> > php docs make both a very good intro/tutorial for the new user, and also a
> > very quick reference for ongoing use. That little popup search box is just
> > way cool. And the annotation system is again most useful. In fact this
> > stuff is so cool that M$FT will probably patent them out from under you
> > and then sue you...;)
>
>Seems like only 2 years ago that people were constantly moaning that
>we only had like 7 functions documented. ;)
With the utmost sincere respect, perhaps mention could be made in the php4
'credits' about the magnificence Egon and others contribute to the php doc
project. It truly must be the most invaluable, underused, unsung php tool
available.
Regards
Mike Robinson