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Posted by Hasin Hayder on 01/25/07 09:26
I have been working with PHP for more than 3yrs (I believe still I am
beginner in this category) - I was present in several interview board.
Which things disappointed me most is the "lack of eagerness" to
learn what comes new. Sometime developers thinks that learning Only PHP
will help them to get lucrative jobs!! OMG
Especially most of the time PHP developers plays multiple roles in the
companies, they are developer, they are template designers, they are
HTML coders, they are DBA, they are PMs....what the heck. Only few
companies have different people for these roles.
How far you can go just learning PHP (RAW code, in ancient style, that
means PHP+HTML together, yak!!)? You have to have knowledge in CSS, JS,
Frameworks, Multiple DBS
When it comes the question of CSS, you should maintain a list of
websites where from you can get updates. Dont learn the CSS from book,
but goto websites and see what is happening... If you are still using
Tables to design ur pages, let me say man, it sucks. Got any idea about
Liquid Layout?? not yet?? OMG
Lets go for JS. Javascript is simple yet powerful language (I better
say a mandatory one for web application developers) to learn. Unless u
have proper knowledge in JS, its very hard to develop "usable" web
2 apps. But wait, I never meant RAW JS. you have to have some basic
skills on basic javascript, but dont spend time for re inventing the
wheels. Go for popular libs like Prototype, jQuery, Moo, Mootools,
Scriptaculous, Dojo, Rico.... Why you are sitting man?? go learn them.
MySQL becomes very popular by last couple of years becoz of it's
performance. By the meantime PostgreSQL also developed a lot. Now its
hardly a factor between them, if you talk abt performance. Beside that
I must say postgre is much more mature, feature rich and thats why it
is called "open source oracle". Never wait for only MySQL. Learn
postgreSQL. And it is also necessary to learn atleast one of the
embedded database like SQLite. Dont ever think that SQLite is less
powerull. You can develop amazing apps using simply SQLite, with some
"hacks" and "optimizations"
Team development attitude is another important thing. If you are
introvert, restricting and never share your knowledge with others, you
dont cost a dime. What is the value of yor knowledge unless you explore
it? Also you must posses a very friendly attitude while you are working
in a team. Dont think your team mates are your competitor but they are
just working with you to build a big result together....nothing
personal. Participate in forums and write blogs.
If you are PHP developer and think you have learned enough already, let
me give some suggestions. Please DONT think you have finished learning.
Everyday there are new release from PEAR, PECL and many other
providers. Please learn useful packages from PEAR. Also learn the
following
1. ezComponents
2. Zend Framework (dont mix framework with the MVC concept.. MVC is
just a part of Zend Framework)
3. Popular opensource packages
4. PEAR
5. Templating engines like Smarty, Savant
also keep yourself uptodate from the following sites
1. www.phparch.com
2. www.phpmag.net
3. www.phpmagazine.net
4. www.ajaxian.com
5. www.mashable.com
6. www.programmableweb.com
7. www.planet-php.org
Please Please Please - Upgrade Yourself....
Hasin Hayder
http://hasin.wordpress.com
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