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Perfection vs. Progress

I spent a lot of time building large apps and writing tons of code that never saw the light of day. While at the same time I watched less experienced coders get a head quicker by building small scripts. Why didn’t I see what I was doing wrong? Because I thought quality chewed up quantity every time.

But the thing is, this is only half true. Then She Found Me video

See, quality in it’s self only matters to a certain extent. Quality doesn’t always mean progress. A Ferrari won’t let you take your kids to soccer practice. There needs to be a certain balance between quality and quantity.

Progress shouldn’t be sacrificed for perfection.

Most people appreciate quality. But sacrificing quality for progress won’t ensure that your product/application/song/book will be a hit.

It also doesn’t give you a whole lot to trip over and learn from.

For an example, take this blog. All of my posts haven’t been perfect, and by making mistakes I’ve learned how to become a better writer. Now if I would have decided that each one of my posts were going to be perfect King Kong video Killer Bean Forever full

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I would have made around 4-5 posts in the 8 months I’ve been blogging. In fact I might have not even started this blog if I decided to be perfect. Looking back to my first few blogs, the mistakes I made(and not the ones I avoided) were MOST valuable.

The progressive man learns from his mistakes on the way and as a result continues to progress. The perfectionist doesn’t think he’s making any mistakes, until the end when it’s too late.

Make SURE you’re making progress.
Don’t decide to become better ALL AT ONCE. Quality comes in layers. Your product(s) will improve incrementally.

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Will PHP die out or Shine?

I’ve been using PHP for a few years. I love it and I think it’s a great language. Of course it has it’s soft spots, like naming convention for functions(like n2br(), strtr(), str_replace, etc.).

Though with the growing popularity of Python and Ruby, what’s going to happen to PHP? Ruby, a language built for convenience and Python, a powerful language built for speed both run over PHP in those two aspects. Is there a reason to stick with PHP? And why not switch to something more efficient? PHP scripts sometimes take longer to write and are also harder to debug. Ruby ranks as one of the highest in terms of maintenance and ease of speed. Python is portable, powerful and fast!

PHP’s strong points are it’s documentation, afford-ability, support and popularity

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. A person with a business plan can rustle up PHP free-lancers pretty fast. PHP is that language that has almost always had support from hosting companies, and that being said, has always been more available to beginners. PHP also gets a rap for allowing inexperienced developers to create unmaintainable, messy code. Not as a Stranger video

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This happens too many times, where code gets passed on and all you can do shake your head… At the same time experienced coders have developed some of the net’s most popular web applications.

The real test for PHP will come when they finally release PHP6, which has been anticipated for four or more years. By eliminating tons of crap, adding name spaces, better speed performance and more efficiency PHP6 will show what PHP is actually capable of. This will truly be PHP’s time to shine.

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10 Things "Newbie" Web Developers SHOULD Know!

When I first started designing for the web I didn’t think there were any fancy tools or special short cuts to developing. Slowly over the years I’ve come to understand that a great developer never stops looking for new ways of making his life easier.

A few things I wish I knew about back when I first started designing/developing are…

  1. A GREAT text editor. You don’t need a full fledged IDE but try not to go too simple. I’ve been using Kate for a few years and before then Programmer’s Notepad for Windows. After I moved to Linux I found some great editors and free IDE’s for programming almost anything.
  2. Knowledge of SVN. Until you go from backing up files on a cd and switch SVN you’ll never know what your missing. Anyone who works in a team of two, three, four or more people NEEDS to know how to use CVS or SVN or GIT but not all of them. I love SVN, it’s easy to use and it’s not a pain in the ass like people who use CVS claim.
  3. Command-Line Access. Once you get used to command-line you’ll never go back. Don’t replace it with every GUI on your desktop, just use it when it’s more convenient.
  4. Know Your Options. People are usually limited only by what they don’t know. When I first learned Postgres, I thought it was really simple. Every week I learn something new about Postgres I’m amazed at how advanced it really is, and as a result my coding is 3 x more effective every week.
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    , one’s motivated to put food on the table, the other’s motivated to both put food on the table and become a better programmer.

  6. Have a mad passion to create. There are the people to code because they have to and there’s those who believe it’s who they are, it’s what they’ve been born to do: create, build and improve.
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  8. Never stop improving, even if your a pro(or think so). “Good enough” now days never got you all the way. If you want to succeed, don’t settle for second best. Do your very best.
  9. Learn more than just NARROW web design. To be a web designer you need to know more than just HTML/CSS/Javascript/PHP. Become flexible and adaptable.
  10. Decide why your coding/who your coding for. Are you doing it for a living? What options do you have? Are you going to build your own company? Be a free lancer? Get hired by a company? Deciding how your going to go about your career will let you pick up new skills and guide you to the next level.

The best thing about becoming a better developer/designer is that in 5 years you’ll that much more than you do now.

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