Re: How to become a good PHP coder?

Hi Cesar... Thank you soooo much for your advice... and WOW! That's a great achievement! I don't think I'll be able to achieve like you do! :) I'll be following your advice and that of Justin as well as some others who replied to me personally (thanks all again!) ... which has all be very very useful for me. I have all of these advices printed out and stuck on my wall at home as source of guidance and inspiration! I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who are contributing actively in this mailing list.. I might be new, but I deeply appreciate the generosity that all of you have given us (those who have problems). The passion that all of you guys have has really been a great source of inspiration to me, as well as a great source of advise, answers and guidances. It's truly admirable. Thanks again to all who contributed generously to this mailing list. Yours, Wee Keat ------------------------------------------------------------ "Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees." ----- Original Message ----- From: "César Aracena" <icaam@icaam.com.ar> To: "'Wee Keat'" <weekeat@amorphosium.com>; "'PHP General List'" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: 31 July, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] How to become a good PHP coder? > Hi Wee. I also started with PHP about 3 months ago and also without > having any prior programming experience. Right now, I have a portfolio > of 2 network PHP software and working on 2 Internet projects. I think > the best advise I or anyone else would give you, is to keep up with this > list and others also from php.net (that's what I do... read all of them > mails? Of course I do ;) > > As I write this, the response from Justin just came in... and he's > right. Try to make your own self-developed project, even if it's never > going to be more than a site in your computer (or your friend's). > Another good advise, would be to make searches in the web for sites that > will share you code snippets (most of them are free because you know... > PHP is open source ;) and store them in your favorite's folder... that > way you will be able to know how others solved their problems and > probably help you save time. > > I also read a couple of books while practicing at home and having fun > but one of them is meant to teach you MySQL Data Base usage and > administration through PHP... You should also look for the mailing list > in www.mysql.com and stick to them... at least the main one (unless of > course, you already have made another choice regarding data bases). > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wee Keat [mailto:weekeat@amorphosium.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:39 PM > > To: PHP General List > > Subject: [PHP] How to become a good PHP coder? > > > > Hi all... > > > > I want to know how do you guys learn so much about PHP? > > > > I have just started PHP about a month and a half ago and pior to that, > I > > have ABSOLUTELY NO knowledge in programming. > > > > I bought 2 books, which is Begining PHP4 (Wrox Press) and Core PHP > > programming (Prentice Hall). And that's all I can afford now... (I > don't > > have a lot of money.. i learn using my friend's computer). However, I > am > > determined to specialize in PHP. > > > > Can anyone point me towards a direction on how to do this properly? > > > > Can anyone guide me through by letting me do a small part (more > > importantly not critical) of your projects as an excercise so that I > can > > start a journey of discovery? > > > > Thanks to all of you. And most of all thanks to all of your > generosity. > > > > > > Yours, > > Wee Keat > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > "Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the > stronger > > the trees." > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php