jocabergs Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 So I'm just finishing up a couple of books on PHP and getting ready to jump into a third book(I like to take a multi-book approach to learning new languages, helps reinforce what I've learned). I'm starting to feel pretty comfortable with the language and getting to the point where I can develop my own fully functional web pages with php and I'm hoping to get into advanced stuff soon. I'm wondering if I should bother with drupal and other similar CMS's right now, or put it off for a bit. Also, I'm wondering if I should commit myself to a framework before I get into more advanced stuff. From a time standpoint I'm torn because I know working in a framework will help me get some of the advanced stuff right, but I don't want to miss anything or not understand something I'm doing. I'm at the point now where I can build a basic CMS from scratch, I know the basic security stuff and I have a good grasp of ajax and DOM from school. I understand how to basically create any design I wireframe, but.. I still have a way to go to get code optimized, secure and to fully understand some of the more complex stuff. Anyhow, I'd really appreciate advice on whether to get into zend or something similar now or to wait until I've completed a few advanced books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgoosens Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 it's always interesting to have a look at scripts (Drupal for instance)... you'll learn a lot by just checking out how other people "think" and write their code... as to the framework... it really depends on your needs... and make sure that you do have a good knowledge of Object Oriented PHP as most Frameworks use that as to which framework... well just go through this forum and you'll notice that there a lot of pros and cons for each one of them... it really depends on what you want to do with them and how you want to work (some frameworks kind a let you do what you want while others force you to work their way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocabergs Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. side note: is it me or are these Captcha's ridiculously hard? I've had to reload it 3-4 times each time I post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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