AV1611 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I have spent the past few years trying to get proficient at PHP. I have gotten to the point where I can do most anything I need to now (albeit the code isn't always pretty ). I have avoided JS like the plague cause I don't like it. PHP is much easier to learn IMO. Anyways, can I get a few suggestions for a complete noob. I am a quick learner but I am slow to get "traction" in the beginning until the light "clicks" if you know what I mean... Thanks. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/129288-time-to-learn-i-guess/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fj1200 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I know exactly what you mean - I'm in the same boat but I only started php a few months ago cos I don't like asp and I needed a quick solution - so WAMP is running alongside Sharepoint and I code in php. Wish I'd done it years ago! Looking at js cos I have to really.... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/129288-time-to-learn-i-guess/#findComment-670321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV1611 Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 I'm not as good as many around here but I'd be more than happy to help out. PM if you want my contact info. As for JS, PHP is only limited in that it doesn't do client side so JS seems to be needed in a few rare cases... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/129288-time-to-learn-i-guess/#findComment-670330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardRotterdam Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Starting with JS can be a bit of a pain in the butt . But here is some hints to get you on your way. first get firefox with the firebug plugin. it gives friendly error messages to make javascripting a whole lot easier. after that just do your basic things like if statements for loops etc. Then you want to look into javascript DOM(Document Object model) most stuff you see on the web these days relies on DOM and if you get the hang of that you might wanna look into frameworks such as jQuery,prototype and mootools Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/129288-time-to-learn-i-guess/#findComment-672712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropfaith Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 http://www.tizag.com/javascriptT/ is a good site to start with almost any language Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/129288-time-to-learn-i-guess/#findComment-672716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emehrkay Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Listen to this man http://javascript.crockford.com/ Understand what prototyping is. That approach is very different than PHP's class structure Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/129288-time-to-learn-i-guess/#findComment-673941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I am proficient at PHP and JavaScript/Ajax and I found probably the best and most explanatory JavaScript tutorials at www.pageresource.com. They are seriously good articles. I learned alot from them Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/129288-time-to-learn-i-guess/#findComment-674035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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