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You don't really need platforms to help you learn how to code. Find some good video courses and create practical projects by following the instructions, that's

You don't really need platforms to help you learn how to code. Find some good video courses and create practical projects by following the instructions, that's the best way to learn, especially if you're into webdev. I suggest trying Udemy, TutsPlus, or CodeSchool. Unfortunately, I can't recommend anything PHP-specific. Though if you're just getting started and aren't stuck with PHP, I recommend going with Django or Node instead. Udemy has excellent courses on Node(https://www.udemy.com/the-complete-nodejs-developer-course-2/ https://www.udemy.com/the-complete-nodejs-developer-course-2...), so if you're looking for the best place to learn webdev, I highly recommend going there.

lakechfoma 9y ago
For sure, it's just the little language gotchas that I'm trying to understand before really leaping in to anything. For example I didn't realize an array in PHP is actually a key/val set until it bit me on some easy challenges. Thanks for the recommendations though. I'm not necessarily stuck with PHP and would prefer to move towards Python if possible.
- khedoros1 9y ago
  A couple of years ago, I had some slack in my schedule, and decided to combine learning Python with starting a project in it. It took me a couple weeks to feel really comfortable, but it also got me to a kind of "MVP" implementation, and I was able to take the next month or so after that to fill in the features. Starting out, I spent a few days in standard tutorials, then just started writing. As I implemented features, I'd research the standard Python idioms for doing various things. It might not work for every program, or for every learning style, but that script has been part of our build infrastructure for 2 years at this point, and maintenance for the last year and a half has mostly been limited to feature additions as our needs change.

lakechfoma 9y ago

For sure, it's just the little language gotchas that I'm trying to understand before really leaping in to anything. For example I didn't realize an array in PHP is actually a key/val set until it bit me on some easy challenges. Thanks for the recommendations though. I'm not necessarily stuck with PHP and would prefer to move towards Python if possible.

khedoros1 9y ago
A couple of years ago, I had some slack in my schedule, and decided to combine learning Python with starting a project in it. It took me a couple weeks to feel really comfortable, but it also got me to a kind of "MVP" implementation, and I was able to take the next month or so after that to fill in the features. Starting out, I spent a few days in standard tutorials, then just started writing. As I implemented features, I'd research the standard Python idioms for doing various things. It might not work for every program, or for every learning style, but that script has been part of our build infrastructure for 2 years at this point, and maintenance for the last year and a half has mostly been limited to feature additions as our needs change.