Re: I am completely lost and need an advice (beginner)

On 07/18/2013 09:08 PM, php colos wrote: > Hello world! > > I'm trying to learn PHP ( first programming language that I learn) and > I feel kinda lost. I've read PHP programming 3rd edition( O'reilly), > 'getting good with PHP' by Andrew Burgees and some tutorials on the > internet but can't code something more complex than 'hello world'. > > > I do understand functions/values/operators/control structures, etc but > as I said, I feel that I can't use the language. > Am I reading the wrong books for a beginner? > > Any advices? > > > > *Apologies if this email might seem confusing. :) > > Richard > As others have mentioned, reading only isn't a good thing. You'll need to code alongside reading. You also might need to have a goal/project to motivate you to code. Starting small is a good thing. Or you could help out some of the smaller php projects that have only a few coders. Fixing bugs in a project can be a great help, and you'll learn a lot. If you don't have any project in mind, you can go to codecademy.com or some of the other interactive learning sites to start coding. I just checked, they've implemented PHP now, I haven't tried this. But the javascript course is great. cheers Carsten