Re: Structured PHP studying

On Friday 23 April 2010 07:45:16 Michiel Sikma wrote: > On 23 April 2010 13:15, David McGlone <david@dmcentral.net> wrote: > > Is there a good strategy to studying PHP? > > > > For instance, is there a way to break everything down into small > > managable topics? > > > > -- > > Blessings, > > David M. > > Just build what you want to build and look things up when necessary. The > biggest part of learning any language is becoming able to creatively solve > problems within its realm of possibilities, and that's something you can't > really learn just by reading and solving textbook problems. Hands-on > experience is a very important key to understanding. > > Keep an open mind, ask people for answers if things get difficult, always > assume that there's a better way to do something, and in a while you'll be > able to write perfectly decent programs. This is the route I have been following for the past couple years and I have always assumed there is a better way to do something and that is, in a way what makes me lose confidence. I always feel like my code is crap and sometimes even ashamed to even show any of it. -- Blessings, David M.