| Re: Is Symfony 2 on-topic in this newsgroup? [message #179299 is a reply to message #179294] |
Tue, 02 October 2012 17:37   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 10/2/2012 11:40 AM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> I know some "programming language" newsgroups have different opinions on
> whether frameworks are on topic. I'm learning Symfony2, and re-learning
> PHP (after 5 years hiatus). If it is on-topic here, I may be asking
> questions from time-to-time. If it isn't, then I'll find some other
> venue for the symfony specific questions ;-)
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel.
>
> P.S. Hopefully this isn't too contentious of a topic. My hope is that
> there is a general consensus that "yes", it is on topic.
Daniel,
It's not so much that it's off topic but that few, if any, here, use it.
You'll be much better off finding a Symfony support forum or email
list to help you.
As for learning - php.net is a good reference source, but not that good
of a tutorial, IMHO. I'd suggest you check your local book store -
there have been some decent ones in the past. I would recommend one,
but I haven't really kept up on what's in print on it.
You can find a few good tutorials on the web, but you can also find a
LOT of BAD tutorials out there. Sorry, again, I don't have any
recommendations.
Since your shop was Java, you have some experience in setting coding
standards (at least I hope so! :) ). You'll find PHP is much "looser"
than Java and you can get away with a lot more bad coding practices. I
would highly recommend as your shop is learning that you get together
and set your own coding standards. It will make things a lot easier in
the long run.
And I hope they give you some time to learn PHP. It's not a hard
language to learn - in fact in many ways its easier to learn than Java.
But it does take time to learn it well and establish good programming
habits.
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