General Programming 101
Programming is all logical and wrapped within a syntax. A syntax is like a structure, or requirement of rules to follow in the way it's written.
Kind of like driving down the road and staying in your lane, and using your blinker. Don't break those rules or something bad and unexpected might happen.
Here are two conditional statements that you can assume what they do easily:
if ()
else ()
You also have operators, which compare and do things much like in math:
=
*
!
The key to all programming is called looping, or loops. Loops repeat themselves:
foreach ()
for ()
while ()
You also assign variables, these are usually different in most languages so here are two different:
var jesse
$jesse
If you want to create a simple program here is how you could do one.
1. Assign variables. (The semi-colin at the end means it's the end of that piece)
$jesse = 24; $joe = 25;
2. Create a condition using and operator
if ($jesse > $joe)
{
echo 'Jesse is older than Joe';
}
3. Create and alternative condition, if that ones is false
else
{
echo 'Joe is older than Jesse';
}
4. Create an array for fun
$names = array('Joe', 'Jesse', 'Jenny', 'Justine');
5. Create a loop to print the array
foreach ($names as $name) { echo $name . ' '; }
6. Cool, here is all the code. It looks easier when you know what you're dealing with!
$jesse = 24; $joe = 25; if ($jesse > $joe) { echo 'Jesse is older than Joe'; } else { echo 'Joe is older than Jesse'; } $names = array('Joe', 'Jesse', 'Jenny', 'Justine'); foreach ($names as $name) { echo $name . ' '; }
PHP Project Management & PHP Groupware
There is a new project in town called freelancerKit.
I've tinkered with the demo and seems practical and easy to use. There have been a lot of Project Management programs put together, recently the ever popular BaseCamp HQ and Active Collab.
I suppose the difference with this one is the simplicity, and affordable one time price. It's targeted more at freelancers but seems to work with a company as it offers Employee user permissions as well.
The short description of freelancerKit is that it is a PHP Project Management, PHP Groupware, PHP Collaboration, Note taking and File Management.
Best YoVille Help
This is the best yoville help you will ever get!
#1. Quit the Game
#2. Never Play it again
#3. Never Speak about it again.
Otherwise you may as well live in a pit and never come out. Society needs people, stop hiding!
Also, please stop text messaging, its killing society :(
Apple Cult Following
It's strange everyother Apple user calls themself a 'Web Developers', yet I can't seem to find a shred of evidence from them of any type of portfolio or piece of work. We sure have a lot of Apple Web Developers who have never worked a day in their life at their expert profession! Hey, If I'm extremely lucky I'll see something this Apple aristocrat made in Adobe Photoshop 5 years ago, of course that's when they were a newbie! They must have a lot of experience now after purchasing that Mac! When someone buys a Mac they seem to transform into an All-Knowing-Twittering-Digging-Facebooking-Myspacing Hipster. There must be some magic behind that shiny Apple.
There are only a few steps to follow if you want to become Apple Sheep. Always start with getting a loan for a Mac, it doesn't matter which kind, since there are so many selections.. Put on some ripped jeans and a scarf in warm weather, Turn your music up loud and head to starbucks. Act like you know the worlds secrets behind that little smirk from now owning an Apple. Order your special drink and humbly sit in the corner with a book you won't read, but bring it along just to talk about if someone approaches you, then you'll look twice as intelligent. Let out a sigh, being unemplyed is hard, so instead of looking for work sign on to facebook and MySpace to begin posting comments to all your friends for the next 2 hours complaining about the economy. After you are bored of that why not Google the latest web trends and create some new accounts with popular Web 2.0 Social Networking Sites and find people to do the same as you post about your drink at Starbucks. Repeat Daily! Congratulations, you are an Apple Sheep!
If you get really into it, spread the news about Recycling and Green Environment on your new Electric Car -- And don't forget the big Apple sticker in the middle of your window!
Mmake sure to take a lot of pictures of yourself and put them on Flickr, take a few hundred and do a few Photoshop effects, make it really fancy! What an expression! How about a few shots of that shiny new Apple laying around your room? Don't forget to make strange faces for the camera! Even though you never make them in public, it's okay when you are alone in your room with your Apple - Everyone loves that!
10+ Cool Windows Apps
Here are 10+ Cool Windows Apps fresh from the bakery that you must check out! Even better, they are 100% Free!
1. Stardock Fences - Have a cluttered desktop? This beautiful piece of software lets you create little fences, or boxes around designated areas and name and customize them. You have to see the video and try it to appreciate it - it's much better than the name sounds!
2. Taskbar Shuffle - Don't underestimate these little add-ons, this is a big convenience when you like your task bar items arranged a certain way. Just drag and drop and move them!
3. Pidgin - This is the best instant messenger I've used. It supports Yahoo, MSN, AIM, Google Talk, and a few others.
4. RSS Owl - Simplify your RSS already!
5. VLC Media Player - The best media player for windows that plays every movie file rather than needing Windows Media Player, Realplayer, and Quicktime. All in One baby!
6. AbiWord - If you don't want to spend $90,000 on Microsoft Word just use this it's even better because the paper clip guy won't nag you!
7. Filezilla - Free FTP Client that does everything the expensive ones do.
8. Notepad++ - This is (IMO) the best text editor with Syntax Highlighting, Macro's, and about 25,000 other features. I've used a lot of them but I always come back to Notepad++.
9. DVD Flick - If you've never been able to burn DVD's now you can for free, this software will convert it too.
10. Paint.NET - Quite similar to photoshop but not as large Paint.NET is the best free replacement and the next best thing compared to Adobe Photoshop
11. Launchy - With this application you could greatly reduce the need for a start menu by just typing in a few letters and it searches your hard drive for applications or files you frequent. It's getting popular lately.
12. CCleaner - I've used CCleaner for 2 years now and it cleans up tons of garbage that is slowing your computer down.
13. PSPad - Another great editor, I place it one step behind Notepad++ but it's up to you to decide.