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What is the best way to learn?

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:42 am
by Broccolipants
PHP, I mean. How did you learn? Would you have started some other way in hindsight? Is it better off going to a formal class, or can one learn on one's own with the aid of tutorials, VTC videos, etcetera?

I'm very interested in learning, and have plenty of time to commit to it, but I'm not quite sure where to start and I'd love it if someone could give me some tips regarding that.

Re: What is the best way to learn?

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:22 pm
by JNettles
Grab a book, bookmark http://www.php.net, and just start playing. Learn how to set variables and arrays, how to manipulate them, and how control structures (if statements) work and what you can do with them. Then move on to the big toys like OOP.

Re: What is the best way to learn?

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:27 pm
by daedalus__
start with a project in mind. i wanted to make a front controller and then mvc framework before i knew what either of them were named.

i read the tutorial in the manual, then i read a lot of the manual.

it can be helpful to study techniques in other similar languages.