NYCPHP Meetup

[Brian O'Connor]

Thanks for the replies, I've gotten a lot of ideas from everyone, and
I plan in one way or another to use all of them.

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:10:07 -0400, Mitch Pirtle
<mitchy at spacemonkeylabs.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Brian O'Connor wrote:
> 
> >Hi I've been working with PHP now for close to 7 months now, and I
> >feel the biggest obstacle for furthering my knowledge is lack of
> >projects / sites to create.  I've already worked with MySQL a lot, a
> >little bit of PEAR, and worked a bit with OOP.  I was wondering if
> >anyone had any suggestions for projects that I do, or a strategy that
> >I can use to learn different styles of php.  Thanks.
> >
> >
> 
> You know what I think would give you the most inspiration?  Pick
> something you are very interested in, and build an application to help
> you organize your information.  So if you like food, build a recipe
> website, if you are into football, then build a sports portal.  More
> important than the purpose of the tool, make sure you:
> 
> * use a distributed version control system (cvs, subversion)
> * use existing classes for common tasks (ADOdb, PEAR, jpgraph, etc.)
> * include multilingual support (a.k.a. "i18n")
> * separate code into separate scripts not just for function, but to
> support multiple developers
> * include XML-RPC to support external, non-PHP clients
> 
> These will go a long way getting you into the right frame of mind to
> write really exceptional code, and also accommodate other interested
> parties on the Internet - as well as have some room for expansion.  You
> will be simply amazed at how great it feels when you start something
> that takes on a life of its own, and you will learn a great deal more
> from that experience than you ever could by just writing an academic
> exercise.
> 
> -- Mitch
> 
> 
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-- 
Brian O'Connor