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Re: WAS Paragraph numbering - industry standard? NOW Tech Book Organization
Subject:Re: WAS Paragraph numbering - industry standard? NOW Tech Book Organization From:Lou Quillio <public -at- quillio -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:14:49 -0400
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Michele wrote:
> Forgive me, I have a teen [how did *this* happen?].
Mediocre sex, usually. That's how I got two exceptional teen-aged
daughters.
> Now for a serious TWing question: if you were writing a dumbed down
> version of "learning to program in PHP" would you introduce True/False
> If statements, OR values, after explaining all the easy stuff?
First of all, <del>steal</del>borrow from php.net.
Give practical scripting examples. I'd first touch on string and
datetime manipulation. For example, in a Web setting
© Copyright 2004-<?php print date("Y"); ?> by Joe Scripter
is a tidy bit of useful scripting. Current year updates
perpetually. Gets 'em thinking.
The usual progression into programmatic logic is to next cover
operators (<, >, =, ==, ===, !=, etc.), and then the core constructs
(IF, SWITCH, and WHILE). Probably want to talk briefly about
counters and incrementing.
If I'm guessing the scope of your piece, Michele, that should be
enough. I'd get them excited with short, practical examples in
these areas, then point readers to php.net. Wonderful resource.
Be sure to emphasize the community aspect of open-source. PHP
existed well before it entered the Barnes & Noble catalog, and will
still be around when the last tree falls. Users will make the most
of it if they know the community's out there, and that asking for
help is expected. Nobody owns PHP, and everybody who uses it knows
that.
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