My PHP Journey
February 4, 2008 Posted by KP
As a long time C++ and Java developer, I have managed to modify/debug some PHP scripts with the help of PHP manual, but never spent time learning it. I don’t dare to start a PHP project without systematic learning. The performance, security risks and language specific details should be taken seriously, which requires solid learning and practice.
OK, let me start my PHP journey.
My first step was to find a good book. After some searching, I decided to use Practical PHP Programming. Just after reading a few pages I was convinced this is a great book, it elaborated a few issues very well such as quotes and heredoc, I was always confused about them but have never taken the time to solve them. The author seems to have lots of experience and knows exactly what’s important for beginners.
The second step is IDE. Coddled by VC++ and VAJ (my favorite), I can’t code without a good IDE, should I blame myself for that? First I installed Zend Studio, it looks pretty good to me, but soon I found Eclipse supports PHP as well, I installed it immediately. Back in 2002, one of my colleagues
was a fan of Eclipse, since it can compete with VAJ, it must be really good :-). After the code-assist window pops up, I know Eclipse is my final choice.
Stay tuned!
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July 29th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
just flew by and wish you lot’s of fun with php.
i am on php for 6 years now and its possibilities are incredible.
however, with a c++ background much will be familiar to you - just have a look at the socket functions…
coming from java, you’ll miss the advanced oo features (even when making use of the wonderful php5 oo extensions).
as you now get ‘web-based’ i have one recommendation: give ruby (ruby-lang.org) a try!
bye bye