Lessons from Devnetwork
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Lessons from Devnetwork
Almost every topic in Theory and Design is on a topic worth reading about. Wouldn't it be cool if the people on DevNetwork got together and started archiving really good topics from that forum?
* We could annotate the discussion, fixing spelling errors and expanding the notation, as well as adding useful links and footnotes (UoW [1] ... [1] Unit of Work)
* The person could then summarize the question, and the answers that developed from the discussion. Maybe the question turned out to be something different, or maybe multiple questions where answered
* Index all of them in a useful way so that someone seeking to improve their theory and design knowledge could casually browse them, somewhat like Patterns.
I think it would be a really cool idea.
* We could annotate the discussion, fixing spelling errors and expanding the notation, as well as adding useful links and footnotes (UoW [1] ... [1] Unit of Work)
* The person could then summarize the question, and the answers that developed from the discussion. Maybe the question turned out to be something different, or maybe multiple questions where answered
* Index all of them in a useful way so that someone seeking to improve their theory and design knowledge could casually browse them, somewhat like Patterns.
I think it would be a really cool idea.
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Useful Posts Thread, feel free to reply to the topic and if deemed useful we will add it to the list 
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Useful posts thread hmm...
I'd say that while these two goals are not exclusive of each other, they are different.
For instance, the useful posts thread, while it points to the thread, does only that. This is fine and dandy for really short "How do I do it?" type questions but not so much for many pages of theory discussion/debate (esp. debate). For instance, viewtopic.php?t=35719 is three pages long but kinda gets off track and covers many issues. With annotation and summarization, the contents of the thread could be a lot more interesting/useful (I'll probably take a hack at that one first). Other times, threads are filled with a lot of unnecessary stuff, and the essence could be distilled to a few sentences. This is especially true if one topic is done in, say, five different threads. Sure, the threads will be useful, but a crossreferencing between all five them, I'd argue, would be even more so.
The tutorial section is of limited usefulness, because there is no way to really "browse" the section by subject matter. You'll have to search.
That being said, here are some useful posts that I'd like to add:
* Application Controllers
* Advanced MSDOS Batch Scripting (and alternatives)
* Splitting by word except when inside quote - the topic presents two ways of doing it: via regexps and via a stack based parser
I'd say that while these two goals are not exclusive of each other, they are different.
For instance, the useful posts thread, while it points to the thread, does only that. This is fine and dandy for really short "How do I do it?" type questions but not so much for many pages of theory discussion/debate (esp. debate). For instance, viewtopic.php?t=35719 is three pages long but kinda gets off track and covers many issues. With annotation and summarization, the contents of the thread could be a lot more interesting/useful (I'll probably take a hack at that one first). Other times, threads are filled with a lot of unnecessary stuff, and the essence could be distilled to a few sentences. This is especially true if one topic is done in, say, five different threads. Sure, the threads will be useful, but a crossreferencing between all five them, I'd argue, would be even more so.
The tutorial section is of limited usefulness, because there is no way to really "browse" the section by subject matter. You'll have to search.
That being said, here are some useful posts that I'd like to add:
* Application Controllers
* Advanced MSDOS Batch Scripting (and alternatives)
* Splitting by word except when inside quote - the topic presents two ways of doing it: via regexps and via a stack based parser
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It could be a cool thing to have a paperback on the shelf of a bookstore. We certainly have a whole archive of things to think of as examples, discussion topics and areas that crop up most.onion2k wrote:You may laugh, but that's exactly what they did over at phpbuilder.com .. "Beginning PHP" from Wrox Press came out of it.Charles256 wrote:hm.why don't we make a book?is that what your saying?
I volunteer to write a chapter or two on GD and web graphics.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 5?v=glanceCharles256 wrote:to be honest that's what my site has been a template for..it hasn't gotten hte articles posted but i've been writing articles.been thinking of turning it into book form but i'd also wanna cover the moer advanced topics..perhaps call it the PHP Bible?
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Ask and ye shall...find stuff on your own 
Here:
http://www.wiki.cc/php/Main_Page
and here:
http://info.phpnexus.net/index.php/Main_Page
The only problem is, the first one appears to be abandoned and the second appears to be near empty. I might suggest to work on the second one seeing as it's open for new material instead of having to alter older material. You could of couse, obtain the same results by just starting up your own, but it's up to you guys
Here:
http://www.wiki.cc/php/Main_Page
and here:
http://info.phpnexus.net/index.php/Main_Page
The only problem is, the first one appears to be abandoned and the second appears to be near empty. I might suggest to work on the second one seeing as it's open for new material instead of having to alter older material. You could of couse, obtain the same results by just starting up your own, but it's up to you guys
I think, if one really wants, he can find for virtually every php related (and not so related) problem on the net.
And most problems have been raised and answered on this forum too.
The problem is that most people are too lazy to look up things themselves, so the addition of yet anoter FAQ/Wiki/Forum isn't going to help.
My € 0.02
And most problems have been raised and answered on this forum too.
The problem is that most people are too lazy to look up things themselves, so the addition of yet anoter FAQ/Wiki/Forum isn't going to help.
My € 0.02
That's true, but I'm on a bit of a wiki kick right now, I love finding everything I need about one subject in one area (like a forum, but in encylopedia formattimvw wrote:I think, if one really wants, he can find for virtually every php related (and not so related) problem on the net.
And most problems have been raised and answered on this forum too.
The problem is that most people are too lazy to look up things themselves, so the addition of yet anoter FAQ/Wiki/Forum isn't going to help.
My € 0.02