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LostJohnny · 08-15-2008, 02:14 PM

As others have said, there's no point just reading about PHP, SQL, Excel, C++, Linux, Postfix, Apache, Regex - you have to practice them.

I'd suggest you get another computer - find a cheap one or even beg an old one for free, install Linux on it, install Apache, learn to write your own HTML pages, then PHP pages and go from there. Same with C++. If you do it all on Linux it's all free (Excel, of course runs on Windows. But the same applies - learn to write your own macros - it's about developing skills, not reading to acquire knowledge).

All the documentation you need is available on-line for free as well. Having said that, it's nice to have some good books to hand. I still need to reach for my dog-eared copy of Kernighan And Ritchie for the order of arguments to fgets etc.

Graham

08-15-2008, 02:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
LostJohnny Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 15	As others have said, there's no point just reading about PHP, SQL, Excel, C++, Linux, Postfix, Apache, Regex - you have to practice them. I'd suggest you get another computer - find a cheap one or even beg an old one for free, install Linux on it, install Apache, learn to write your own HTML pages, then PHP pages and go from there. Same with C++. If you do it all on Linux it's all free (Excel, of course runs on Windows. But the same applies - learn to write your own macros - it's about developing skills, not reading to acquire knowledge). All the documentation you need is available on-line for free as well. Having said that, it's nice to have some good books to hand. I still need to reach for my dog-eared copy of Kernighan And Ritchie for the order of arguments to fgets etc. Graham Last edited by LostJohnny; 08-15-2008 at 02:29 PM.