Week 2

This week I have successfully installed and setup everything I needed to begin making some PHP pages, and start putting into practice everything I had been reading about the week before.

I have worked my way through the exercises covering variables and conditional logic, and initially concentrated on these as I had covered both areas in week 1. Again, using the homeandlearn online tutorials I went through the exercises provided on each page and didn’t have much difficulty getting things up and running. I’m already starting to think about how I might use things when building my own site.

To make sure I was taking everything in that I had begun to learn I then went on to follow the tutorials from some of my other resources which covered these areas. I successfully completed the exercises and feel confident things are beginning to sink in.

I then started on the next section on homeandlearn which covers working with HTML forms. I have not done any of the practicals as yet, preferring to read through first and gain a basic understanding before attempting to code some more basic pages. I intend to go through the exercises next week and then work my way through loops and arrays, at least.

I will also look at the tutorials from my other resources as I did this week, and refer back to my book to ensure a thorough understanding of everything. If all goes well I hope to complete the tutorials and begin coding my own site soon.