November 21, 2003
Filling in the gaps
So this week, I took a class that combined Introductory and Advanced PHP Programming. I've played with PHP for projects at home and at work before, but my method of learning has always been trial and error based on what I was trying to create. On one hand, I knew some things about authentication, but almost nothing about arrays. I knew pieces of functions, but had never touched a regular expression. My swiss cheesy knowledge was slowing me down.
But Nat from Webucator did a superb job of filling in the holes in my skill set and teaching a group of students that ranged from director level to plain old vanilla researcher. I'm also impressed at how patiently he handled the incessantly chatty bunch that we monkeys can be.
Adam, this is very good news for you. I'll be there this weekend, fixing things for ya with my new mad skills.
T.