I see no brilliant tips...in fact, the rush to connect to the DB seemed odd to me. I am all for cookbook type approaches to learning, but this one seems inher

I see no brilliant tips...in fact, the rush to connect to the DB seemed odd to me. I am all for cookbook type approaches to learning, but this one seems inherently limited in focus. Maybe if I know Python and i'm trying to learn PHP? I'm trying to imagine where that is applicable.