/* Redirect browser */
header("Location: http://theos.in/");
/* Make sure that code below does not get executed when we redirect. */
exit;
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September 16th, 2009Is programming an art form?
September 16th, 2009Well, what is art anyhow? I think to a certain degree art, like beauty, is defined in some measure by the beholder. As I have come to define the term ‘art’ for myself; art is a craft that is performed with some measure of inspiration. Anyone with the right training can paint a car, but an artist can paint a car beautifully. To that, much of the same can be said for programming. Anyone with the right training can program and make an application but an artist can make a truly magnificent and efficient application that can be very useful.
Art is a form of communication between humans on a subconscious level; art ‘happens’ when we make a connection that we are consciously unaware of but still feel has some meaning or sense of purpose. Yes I say, programming is an art. Programmers are not too far removed from the traditional meaning of an author; both are smiths of language and syntax — albeit the target audiences are marginally different. One audience hopes to be informed or taken on an imaginary journey while the other audience is a machine that only understands the difference between a one and a zero.
Programming, like any other form of art requires a conceptual understanding and a desire to practice. Does the author long for days of sitting behind a desk in an office? Does the painter wish to deliver the mail? My point is this; in order to produce truly exception art you must produce truly inspired art, which starts with a true desire to learn. If the painter really doesn’t want to paint, it will eventually show in his paintings, once the novelty of being a painter has passed.
As in any form of art, the truly inspired practitioners seem to share some likenesses in character and personality. The art of programming traditionally seems to attract those who display an outwardly analytical rational, are mathematicians, are good with different types of puzzles or may have a background in the science community. By no means is that a concise list of personality markers but does embody some of the more common ones.
Programming is certainly not going to be for everyone, like many things it takes a particular genetic makeup to have the desire to be a programmer and not just ‘be’ a programmer. I don’t have to be a painter to enjoy going to an art museum, just like you don’t have to be a programmer to appreciate your favorite computer game.
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So its finally time to learn about this PHP thing, eh?
September 16th, 2009
http://php.net
You can’t go five steps on Google without running into it, a good percentage of the web sites you frequent use it, people on the internet talk about it like common place … so what is PHP and why should I learn it?
PHP, in my honest opinion is the best and most versatile web server scripting language around, hands down. It is supported by nearly every major server platform and works with most server configurations. Additionally due to it’s near English-like syntax structure, the PHP learning curve is relatively small for beginners and practically negligible for seasoned programmers. Aside from all of that, the single greatest feature of PHP in my opinion; it is an open source technology (free)!
Click Here for a great PHP Learning Guide!
There are many reasons for learning PHP, it has wide community adoption and it is virtually everywhere. Entire careers are based off of knowing PHP! More importantly, if you truly want to be successful on the Internet you are going to want to at least have a conceptual understanding of how the Internet, web servers and web scripting languages function. In my opinion, there is no better way to gain that understanding than to learn PHP!
Learning PHP can be struggling at times, as can learning anything but the frustrations that you may encounter are generally going to revolve around general programming concepts rather than a specific aspect of PHP. PHP will give you a great understanding of how computer languages talk to the computer and it is a great entrance into the world of computer programming! PHP will undoubtedly leave you wanting to learn additional languages!
The best way I have found to learn PHP is through examples. When I began my PHP learning endeavor, I would take a working script that I found on some dark corner of the internet and I would break it apart and reverse engineer it and evaluate what each line of syntax was doing. Breaking down working examples allowed me to learn different elements of the language in a pace much more suited to my learning style.
The CodeTree provides you with a wealthy library of scripts, snippets and examples for you to use and reverse engineer! You can use the scripts to help you learn like I have through reverse engineering.
Visit the Code and Snippet Library on The CodeTree today! You may also subscribe to the feed!
If you have a more traditional style of learning, there are several quality resources available to you for little or no money, all you need to do is Google! I have taken some of the leg work for you though, if you would like a great resource that can fast-track your PHP education then please consider Simple PHP by Rober Plank, a great PHP learning resource.
