Comments on: IT background and a couple of domains. What starting from zero means http://www.zsoltballa.com/general/it-background-and-a-couple-of-domains-what-starting-from-zero-means/ Virtual playground of a real-life net junkie Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:11:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ben Barden - Blog Tips http://www.zsoltballa.com/general/it-background-and-a-couple-of-domains-what-starting-from-zero-means/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Ben Barden - Blog Tips Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:04:22 +0000 http://www.zsoltballa.com/?p=14#comment-5 My technical background is going to be very similar to yours! This should be fun. Unlike you, I am a coder, but we know a lot of the same stuff. I first used HTML in 1999 and hand-coded my websites for several years. I know CSS and I agree that tables work better than divs in some cases. I'd love to use divs for layout in every possible situation, but it gets horribly complex. I learned PHP in 2005 and built my open-source CMS (originally called Majestic, now called Injader) as I learned. The first PHP I wrote was not that great but it's improved over the years. I'd say my code is now very clean and logical. I know SQL and I quite like writing it. I also know a few Apache techniques. (See what I mean about similarities?) I know some Javascript and a little AJAX, but I'm not a fan of this kind of stuff. Maybe I would be if I could do it! But I think that some sites are way too heavy on the AJAX, and when something goes wrong it can be really difficult to recover from it (both for the developer and the user). Maybe you should check out Injader, it has some Javascript and used to have some AJAX, but I phased it out as it made things overly complex. I'll definitely continue to read your blog, it's interesting to see how similar we are. My technical background is going to be very similar to yours! This should be fun.

Unlike you, I am a coder, but we know a lot of the same stuff.

I first used HTML in 1999 and hand-coded my websites for several years. I know CSS and I agree that tables work better than divs in some cases. I’d love to use divs for layout in every possible situation, but it gets horribly complex.

I learned PHP in 2005 and built my open-source CMS (originally called Majestic, now called Injader) as I learned. The first PHP I wrote was not that great but it’s improved over the years. I’d say my code is now very clean and logical.

I know SQL and I quite like writing it. I also know a few Apache techniques. (See what I mean about similarities?)

I know some Javascript and a little AJAX, but I’m not a fan of this kind of stuff. Maybe I would be if I could do it! But I think that some sites are way too heavy on the AJAX, and when something goes wrong it can be really difficult to recover from it (both for the developer and the user). Maybe you should check out Injader, it has some Javascript and used to have some AJAX, but I phased it out as it made things overly complex.

I’ll definitely continue to read your blog, it’s interesting to see how similar we are.

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