Re: CakePHP, alternatives?

Trying again. --Shreyas On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:10 AM, Shreyas <shreyasbr@gmail.com> wrote: > Larry, > > That's a very nice way to learn stuff. That's what I am doing but probably > in a very crude way. > > I am just reading a PHP book and doing those examples. Would you recommend > any other innovative way of learning and mastering this language? > > Regards, > Shreyas > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:25 PM, larry@garfieldtech.com < > larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > >> First spend time working with straight up PHP, writing your own stuff, >> throwing it away, and writing it again. What you'll learn that way is >> immeasurable. >> >> Then pick a framework (Cake, Drupal, Symfony, Zend, PEAR, whatever) and >> learn it, maybe two. Try working with it and extending it. >> >> Then do the bulk of your serious work with that framework, having had >> enough experience to understand what it's doing and why. >> >> The timeframe for that process will vary widely from a few months to a few >> years depending on how quickly you pick stuff up and how much time you have, >> but that's going to get you the best education and productivity. >> >> --Larry Garfield >> >> >> On 6/3/10 12:51 PM, Shreyas wrote: >> >>> Folks, >>> >>> Just quite could not stop taking your inputs before I start my learning >>> curve to shape up. >>> >>> Should I use one of these frameworks or just *K*eep *I*t *S*imple and >>> *S*tupid >>> >>> and learn it the traditional way? Thoughts? >>> >>> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > Shreyas > -- Regards, Shreyas