[nycphp-talk] if you were teaching PHP...
John Lacey
jlacey at att.net
Mon Jan 17 23:13:46 EST 2005
Ophir Prusak wrote:
> I won't repeat what other people have already said (which are great
> answers) but I do have another angle to throw in the mix.
>
> Most people will, at some point, will be involved with code that they
> didn't write.
>
> When I teach PHP, apart from the goal of teaching students how to
> create their own applications, I also try to give them the knowledge
> needed to understand other people's code. Either at a workplace, or
> reading the source of an open source package.
>
well now, if you want to talk about how to create "the best learning
vehicle", we could be travelling back and forth for days...
:)
J
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