NYCPHP Meetup

[Hans Zaunere]

> 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.

And, just for reference, NYPHP always has stuff that can be done.
Anyone is welcome to swing by a meeting and get involved with an
existing project, or propose a new one.  There's always code to be
written :)

H


> 
> 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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> 
> 
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> Brian O'Connor
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