dumdumsareyum Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I guess what I'm asking is....does this get any faster? I'm assuming that when you have a nice library of projects to choose from you can grab code and functions and pull something together relatively quickly...but I'm just starting out and I have none of that, and I don't want to just pull scripts off the web for now because I'm learning a lot right now, which is a good thing, it just feels like i'm never going to finish. I think I should have started with an easier first project! I'm doing this site in my spare time to sell stock floor plans (currently working at an architecture firm).... I guess i'm wondering how long would it take u experienced guys to do this? Site has an admin page to upload plan info to database and enter and edit designer information, search plans, shopping cart, and then of course the whole credit card payment stuff which i've researched but still scares me a little . Any advice/word of encouragement would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 It does get easier, be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsider Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I'm by no means a professional coder, but it gets easier every time. Patience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 After some time you'll get an idea of how to do different things and how things should be implemented. Exactly how you were taught that letters should look in a specific way, but after some time you'll develop your own style of handwriting (well, actually that might be a crap analogy, but whatever). Also, using a framework will seriously cut down on the time, but for a beginner it might be a good idea to learn how to do things yourself first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotPHP Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Absolutely true. I have only been coding with PHP for a while, and I can make some quite decent scripts. My latest project is a bulletin board system, I have already done the categories/forums, topics and reply, admin panel, login and register sections. This is all hosted in a database. This has taken me about a week and a half, which isn't bad considering the script is over 1000 lines long now. If you want to learn PHP, the best place to start is Pixel2life.com and Hotscripts.com. You need some time to be able to contribute to learning, and learning too much would be really impossible, one thing at a time is the best practice when learning anything, especially a programming language. Don't expect to learn a fully fledged scripting language in a day, as it won't happen like that. It takes a few weeks for PHP to become logical to you. How I learnt PHP was by looking at tutorials on how to make small scripts like a login and registration page, as well as some other stuff on security. Best to start out with small scripts, and eventually when you are competent find some tutorials on some more advanced scripts, if you need. Hotscripts.com is the best place to find small scripts as well, and learn how to use PHP code - and this is one very useful way of learning PHP. To me, there's no point wasting money on books when you can learn online yourself, for free - after-all, PHP is open source! Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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