Mostly because I never cracked a programming book in all of college, I’m going to say the Wrox PHP book. I’d been working with PHP for 4 years at the point that I bought a book on it to try to figure out something I needed to do. On a page next to it, I saw something else that I never knew how to do that made my life a lot easier.
After that I sat down and binge read the entire tome. I haven’t really touched PHP in 10 years but now my first step when I want to learn something is to read an entire book on it cover to cover.
I only wish I’d learned the lesson sooner. Assorted guides and blog posts on the internet just don’t come close to the level of thoroughness and understanding that a book will.
After that I sat down and binge read the entire tome. I haven’t really touched PHP in 10 years but now my first step when I want to learn something is to read an entire book on it cover to cover.
I only wish I’d learned the lesson sooner. Assorted guides and blog posts on the internet just don’t come close to the level of thoroughness and understanding that a book will.