NYCPHP Meetup

[Ophir Prusak]

I was debating almost the exact same question about a year ago.
I wasn't looking at such a diverse group of "php-ers" and was mostly
looking at people who don't have a university degree in computer
science.

My conclusion was that none of the books I would recommend have the
word PHP in them.

For %99 of all web developers, I think a good SQL (not mysql) book is mandatory.
I can't really say which one, but make sure it covers all aspects of
database theory and design as well as advanced queries.

One of the books would probably be a general comp sci books, depending
on what knowledge the person lacked.

The third would be about software engineering or software development
in general.
While many people are fine at actual coding, the process of creating
the software is lacking.

I'm sorry that I'm not recommending any specific books.
email me if u want to discus this more.

ophir



On 6/15/05, Daniel Krook <krook at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Following on the earlier book access discussions...
> 
> What are the most valuable hard copy book resources that you would
> recommend today if you needed to populate a shelf with, say three, of the
> best for the following "typical" NYPHPers?
> 
> 
> * The freelancer with intermediate skill in procedural PHP 4 and MySQL 4.0
> who is looking to strengthen his/her existing technology skillset and to
> smoothly transition to PHP 5 OOP and the mysqli interface.
> 
> * The traditional C/C++ programmer beginning to develop web applications
> (and possibly begin work with relational databases).
> 
> * The veteran PHP 4/5 programmer looking to advance his/her understanding
> of UML, OOP, patterns & methodologies.
> 
> * The second-year university computer science student looking to develop a
> web application foundation (HTTP, SQL, HTML).
> 
> * The mid-career interface designer with strong XHTML, JavaScript, CSS and
> a dab of ASP/JSP scripting?
> 
> * The J2EE programmer who is migrating midsize Java applications to PHP,
> assuming the database is to remain DB2/Oracle etc.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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