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Re: [LUG] Learning "web" programming

 

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Kai Hendry <hendry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Grant,
>
> After writing a small Web app the other day, for an announce list:
> https://github.com/kaihendry/sg-hackandtell/tree/master/list
>
> I was thinking PHP is just fine. A review from a friend, said the more
> "modern way" of doing it would have the PHP as just an API you would
> call from a Javascript call in the Web application.

I am trying to avoid PHP, if I'm honest. Personally I would like to
avoid Javascript too, principally because it's also of the {}; family
of languages. I supposed I could write Python and call it from
Javascript.

> Anyway just want to encourage you to do something small, and not go
> head long into a framework. ;)

Yeah, I'd like to avoid diving headlong into a framework too. :)

> If you are looking at a course, the best thing around is the 200GBP
> course run over 6 weeks by the W3C:
> http://www.w3devcampus.com/writing-great-web-applications-for-mobile/

Thanks for the link - I will have a look at it, but I'm quite happy
teaching myself from web or deadtree sources.

Grant.

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