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[Ben Sgro]

Hello Corey,

1) http://www.amazon.com/PHP-5-Objects-Patterns-Practice/dp/1590593804
2) 
http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-Thought-Process-Developers-Library/dp/0672330164/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223927768&sr=1-1
3) 
http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-Design-Heuristics-Arthur-Riel/dp/020163385X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223927814&sr=1-1

Also, just good coding reads/reference:
1. 
http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Programming-Addison-Wesley-Professional-Computing/dp/0131429019/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223927837&sr=1-1
2. 
http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Environment-Addison-Wesley-Professional-Computing/dp/0201433079/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223927864&sr=1-3

- Ben


Justin Dearing wrote:
> Professor Porciello,
>
> I'm quite confused here. The book is called programming perl, and the
> cover indicated it also has a Python edition to it. Also your
> responding to an email on a php list about a person that wants to
> learn PHP better.
>
> So, does this book have a PHP section? Are you suggesting that this is
> the best book on OOP out there and the OP would be best served
> learning OOP theory from it?
>
> There is one negative review on Amazon saying that the authors seem to
> rewrite the same book over and over again in different languages, and
> that perl due to its weirdness is not well served by this book. IMHO
> That *MIGHT* would serve as a positive review in this case, because
> the problem with perl is you can write it in any paradim you want
> ,procedural, functional, OO, etc. If this book is designed around
> generic OOP principles that apply to other languages, instead of
> teaching you all the perlisms, both good and bad, then it might have
> merit to a PHP Programmer
>
> Corey,
>
> Just out of curosity, do you disagree with the syntax of static
> function, or just not understand their purpose? Can you suggest a
> syntax you would prefer? The syntax btw is taken from C++. It is
> obtuse on one hand, but on the other hand its immediatly clear your
> calling a static function for a class and not a member function of an
> object.
>
> Regards,
>
> Justin Dearing
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:16 PM,  <porciem at farmingdale.edu> wrote:
>   
>> I would recommend an older book - the Deitel book - Perl How to Program.
>> Amazon has it
>> (http://www.amazon.com/Perl-How-Program-Harvey-Deitel/dp/0130284181/ref=cm_cr
>> _pr_product_top), and there are reviews on their site that are very
>> favorable.
>> Margaret M. Porciello
>> Professor - Computer Systems Department
>> Farmingdale State College
>> 2350 Broadhollow Road
>> Farmingdale, NY 11735
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On
>> Behalf Of Corey H Maass - gelform.com
>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 1:38 PM
>> To: NYPHP Talk
>> Subject: [nycphp-talk] Newbie books
>>
>> Hey, all. I wanted to introduce myself. I'm an experienced programmer
>> (remember ASP, before dont net?) with little formal training, so often
>> referred to as a hacker. I'm a professional Front End Dev - XHTML, CSS,
>> JS - now tackling PHP and loving it. A couple coworkers recommended this
>> list, so I'll be eavesdropping.
>>
>> I'm looking to go thru a book or two and need some help. I know all
>> about loops, conditional statements, and the basics of programming. I
>> understand the concepts behind OOP, but have limited experience with
>> actually using it. I immediately grasped the basics of the PHP syntax
>> but am starting to balk at the double colon meaning a static class and
>> the single vs double arrow... So I guess I'm looking for something
>> intermediate, and wondering if anyone can make a suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Corey
>>
>> //
>> Corey H Maass
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>> Brooklyn, NY
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