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What to create next?

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:00 pm
by impulse()
I've gotten as far as a guestbook, a table of data with sort buttons and search fields, a website log, a login page, a voting system and a hit counter all using a MySQL DB. And I've writen small things like calculators and the rest of the usual stuff while beginning a language. What else could I write at this level? I've ran out of ideas without it getting too complex.

Regards, Ste

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:07 pm
by feyd
An application framework that ties them all together into a single application.

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:21 pm
by MrPotatoes
BSD Licenced ACL/RBAC system.

i'm creating an ACL/RBAC system (once i figure out which one i want to do first ;)) and i'm gonnamake some tutorials for people to use. that is if i can ever get this badboy finished. arg

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:29 pm
by Luke
I'd dive into OOP at this point... if you aren't already. Buy a book on php design patterns or even just design patterns in general, and get familiar with design patterns. Then you can talk like the big boys with cool words like Registry, Singleton and Strategy.

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:41 pm
by impulse()
I'll have a ganger at it. I was trying to learn ASP.NET a year or so back and that introducted me to OOP. I never really caught on too well though. Could be the fact I hated ASP and thought it was pants so never took an interest of anything linked to it.

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:53 pm
by Luke
Just to clarify, (not sure this is what you're thinking or not) OOP isn't linked to ASP at all... OOP just means Object-Oriented Programming... and it can be applied in MANY languages... php and ASP only being two of them. I recently read this book:
PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice
It was pretty good. A little all-over-the-place, but not too bad. I give it a 9/10.[/url]

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:56 pm
by RobertGonzalez
ASP.NET is a heavily OOP language. It is also used for quite a few more things than PHP would be used for.

If you are comfortable with PHP, I'd say start picking up C#.NET, and as you go along take a look at how it implements OOP. PHP OOP will surely come quickly after that. And if not, try something in PHP that you have never done. A file system browser, and single sign on application, whatever. Just play around...