Yesterday I was in a discussion with one of the people on my course and we went into talking about Object Oriented coding and Frameworks. It has been on my mind for a while about how inefficient me coding in a procedural method is. When I got home I dived onto Amazon and decided to update my development library to be.
I ordered 2 books (I would love to order more but student loans don’t stretch that far) both PHP based as it’s the language I am most proficient in.
+ PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, Practice
+Essential PHP Tools: Modules, Extensions, and Accelerators (Expert’s Voice)
They both have very good reviews and one person on my course has the Objects, Patterns and Practice book.
My current to do list contains:
+ Learn to use the Cake PHP framework
+ Become proficient in Java Script and the Document Object Model
+ Add an AJAX powered interface over the foundations of this website
+ Finish the LGBT website when they get their funding through for their hosting
+ Finally take a look at the Microsoft Web Technologies such as the .NET Framework.
I know it’s a big list and within all of that I have a huge workload from university assignments.
Currently my moral of my University course is low as I don’t feel like I’m learning anything new and that the course is a hindrance to my progression in the technologies within the web. But I am just here to prove that
web technology students do produce quality work. As there is a feeling within the course school that web technology is a second rate course (Media Technology with a bit of PHP as some people have said).