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Forum Index > Computers & Internet > Web Design & Coding | >> What is the best way to learn PHP, MySQL, and Javascript? | | |
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Lili
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Join Date: Apr 2005 | I've decided to learn PHP, MySQL, and Javascript because I often have an idea for a website, and can't find software already made that does what I need. I don't want to have to repeatedly pay someone to code things for me, especially since everyone says they are so easy to learn.
I have read PHP manuals, and so I'm familiar with the general concepts, syntax, etc. But the problem is, I don't know how to use the information. I recently got a book called, "How to think like a programmer", which has been interesting, but I feel like I need something more. Maybe I'm just particularly thick, I don't know. How do most people go about learning PHP, MySQL and Javascript?
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Join Date: Apr 2005 | eL_TinO said:
Well the point isn't really to learn PHP, it's to learn programming. PHP is the medium 
Hmm, that's true. Is there a course that teaches general programming strategy or something similar? I guess I've always assumed that classes would always be specific to a programming language. I don't need to go in and have people say, "this is an array, this is an if...else statement, etc", I need the HOW. W3schools and php.net has a full online manual of all those specifics, so paying for a long droning list would be pointless. Are there general programming strategy classes? I think the hands-on approach would help me a lot, I seem to be FULL of stupid obvious questions 
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Join Date: Apr 2005 | eL_TinO said:
I don't know that there are general strategy ones. You can't really learn the strategy without taking a class using one of the languages.
Then again, I took part of a class in this programming language called LISP and it was way different from other languages. It uses butt-tons of parentheses.
Anyway, a class in any programming language will help you. Who knows, it might even be better to do a class in something more powerful than PHP. After a while you start to learn all the built in functions that most languages have and the different names they give them and the different ways of doing things.
Lol, you I gguess you're right, there has to be some medium to work with in order to demonstrate the techniques with. I think taking a class in php might be a good idea afterall. Thanks
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Join Date: Apr 2005 | berlyn3014 said:
Here is a link to a site that may help. It is a tutorial site and when I had more time I was using it to learn HTML and CSS. I don't know if it will help or not but it couldn't hurt.
w3schools
Thanks. I already took their tutorials on Javascript, php, HTML, and CSS, and then took their quizes, and got 90% on all of them. But I don't know how to apply it to writing code, that's my problem, I need to know the procees involved in writing a program.
I kind of look at it like learning to drive a car. A list of car parts and what they do won't teach you how to drive a car, you know?
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