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Wednesday, January 30. 2008

Four ways to become a better developer

I was just reading my daily portion of phpdeveloper.org and encountered this article with 4 ways to become a better developer.

The four options discussed might be obvious to most, but I know from experience that they're not obvious to everyone, so I think it's a good read. I especially like the fourth item, on how PHP developers should focus not only on PHP, but also look at Javascript, CSS and HTML. I think it's hard to build an application that consists of PHP only, and even if you have dedicated graphical guru's to do the difficult HTML/CSS stuff (like we do), developers still encounter a fair share of CSS/HTML and Javascript. And in general, it's good to widen your scope and also read about technologies that you might not use directly, but might encounter in the future.

Posted by Ivo Jansch --> at 00:11 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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I would definitely agree with you on this. I know many PHP developers that aren't familiar with javascript - or even moreso - vice versa. Although the technologies can be seen as 'independent', there is value with seeing their relationship - and at least having some understanding of each - and what is most efficiently done in each technology.

-aaron

#1 Aaron Saray (Homepage) on 2008-02-03 21:31 (Reply)

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Wednesday, January 30. 2008

Four ways to become a better developer

	ing. Ivo Jansch Technical Director / CTO
	Ivo is the CTO of Ibuildings. In this role he implements company strategy regarding tools, technology and development processes. Ivo is also a liaison for several key customers and partners, and a regular speaker at conferences.