I am new on PHP..
You can say that i am new in web development..
I started learning PHP..
I want to know that for a web developer what i will have to learn, i mean to say that i dont know about Cascading Style Sheets and nothing more so will someone help me regarding this that how can i learn to become a great web developer?
Best Learning Procedure
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- Ambush Commander
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Re: Best Learning Procedure
Do you have an end goal in mind? What would you like to be able to do with PHP/HTML/CSS?
When I started off, I learned the most by playing with code snippets that existed and worked. However, this can also lead you to learning bad practices. A small project to get started can also be helpful; ask lots of questions here!
When I started off, I learned the most by playing with code snippets that existed and worked. However, this can also lead you to learning bad practices. A small project to get started can also be helpful; ask lots of questions here!
Re: Best Learning Procedure
Ambush Commander is exactly right: it depends entirely on what you want to achieve. If you just want to "design" web pages, PHP isn't going to help you, because it is a server script language. You have to set a goal first, then determine what skills are required to do that. Web pages are designed (their appearance) with HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript and often specific software, such as Dreamweaver (ugh!). If you need to produce dynamic pages (different for each viewer, or from one time to another, or depending on what the user selects), you will then have to learn one or more server script languages, like PHP or ASP or .NET (or even Perl or Python).
HOW you learn is an entirely different question. That is highly dependent on YOU. As a retired college professor, I can tell you that different people learn best in different modes. Some people can learn well by reading books and tutorials, other people find that difficult and feel they need to work with examples, other people require the challenge of an actual project. Some people are visually oriented (have to SEE something to understand it), others are orally oriented (have to HEAR someone explain something), others are tactilely oriented (have to FEEL something or DO something with their hands). Nobody can tell you what will be best for YOU.
HOW you learn is an entirely different question. That is highly dependent on YOU. As a retired college professor, I can tell you that different people learn best in different modes. Some people can learn well by reading books and tutorials, other people find that difficult and feel they need to work with examples, other people require the challenge of an actual project. Some people are visually oriented (have to SEE something to understand it), others are orally oriented (have to HEAR someone explain something), others are tactilely oriented (have to FEEL something or DO something with their hands). Nobody can tell you what will be best for YOU.
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sujithtomy
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Re: Best Learning Procedure
Hello,
Me too agree with Ambush
Me too agree with Ambush