infoguzzler Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Hey Guys...I've been wanting to learn PHP for a while...just got started...ended up in this form...would be grateful if you guys could help me advice on how I should go about it...I hope to have a great learning experience here....thanks... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swizzer20111 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 You've better try www.w3schools.com, it is a good place for beginners for different coding languages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhieb Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I first tried c. I sucked. I then tried java. I sucked. I then tried php. I sucked. I then tried html, and found out it sucks so now i'm trying php. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhieb Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 what do you have knowledge in already as far as scripting languages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyKay47 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I first tried c. I sucked. I then tried java. I sucked. I then tried php. I sucked. I then tried html, and found out it sucks so now i'm trying php. html is a stepping stone to other languages, and doesn't "suck" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhieb Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 You are totally right. I admit i do like html...i'm just realizing html is so much 'awesomer' when combined with some of the more advanced scripting languages. Thanks for pointing that out. Html is truly awesome but i generalized the overall meaning to my message a bit. html was a great stepping stone for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infoguzzler Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 @daniel HTML, CSS, Fairly good XML: Intermediate Javascript - Beginner Programming languages: C++ - Fairly Good Python - Intermediate Java - Nil And yes, HTML - stepping stone to learning other web based scripting languages... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterACE14 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I do not recommend you learn from w3schools. http://w3fools.com/ There is plenty of other decent resources out there, including those found on this very website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmola Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Hey Guys...I've been wanting to learn PHP for a while...just got started...ended up in this form...would be grateful if you guys could help me advice on how I should go about it...I hope to have a great learning experience here....thanks... :) Web development is a nearly bottomless topic. -Just start digging in and floundering, but whatever you do -- actually make something, be it a site, a forum, a guestbook, or whatever floats your boat. Look at code especially that found in some of the big framework projects. I like Zend framework and symfony for this purpose. You may not understand it all, but at least you will get an idea of how veteran developers write and structure code. The fact that you know c++ should position you to be able to jump in the deep end, especially with php's oop. BTW, it also would position you to pick up java very quickly. For books that I think someone with your background could easily benefit from, if you are a "learn from a book" type: http://www.manning.com/reiersol/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/143022925X/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0672329239/ http://www.amazon.com/PHP-Master-Write-Cutting-Edge/dp/0987090879 All of these books were written by people who are known in the PHP community as top notch developers. There's also some decent courses available from sitepoint or lynda.com if you want a video course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.