Re: I've some doubts if I should go with 5.2 or go already with 5.3 (for a course)

Manuel Aude wrote:

The thing is, that part of the planned course was to develop a small framework, so that they could see the dynamic and OOP posibilities that PHP offers. With PHP 5.3, there are namespaces, which change a lot the design of a framework, as well as true lambdas with closures. So, naturally, the architecture of this minimalistic framework changes and I have plans to write it before the course starts. Why a framework? If you know how an MVC framework is created and how it works, you will most likely get into Zend Framework or CakePHP much faster. Plus, it's a very good way to learn the language. It wouldn't be the first one I've written, so it's not much trouble. That's why I care about PHP 5.3. Now imagine if there were Traits! Anyway, I think I will do as someone mentioned, and teach them 5.2 during the entire course and then at the end show them some of 5.3.

I think going with 5.2 and then showing them the possibilities with 5.3 afterwards is a good approach. This way when they finish they can work within older environments as well as the new. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP