Re: Logical next step in learning?

I think most books have you writing code, and Head First did as well, so I think that is covered.. I actually have a real project to do that is a little beyond my abilities at this point (its my own), so I want to keep the learning process flowing. But thank you for your suggestion! Gary "Bastien Koert" <phpster@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d7b6cab70904140854s587cc7e0kacf22d352f3750da@mail.gmail.com... > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Gary <gwpaul@ptd.net> wrote: > >> I am nearing completion of Head First PHP & MySQL, which is a beginners >> book. Does anyone have a next step in a choice of a book to progress my >> studies? >> >> I have been watching the board,starting to understand some of the >> questions,and have been following some of the responses,in partiuclar to >> the >> PHP site, but would like to have a next step book to work on. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Gary >> >> BTW, I really enjoyed the Head First method of teaching, making learning >> such a complicated subject as coding a little easier. >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > Reading is great, but nothing beats doing...my suggestion is find a silly > project and code it > > catalog your books/cds/dvds > > rental site > > anything that will put you in a spot where the issues you run into are not > in a book. Its the only way to learn real life programming > > -- > > Bastien > > Cat, the other other white meat >