Learning how to code

[peterska2]

Hi everyone,

This poll is aimed at non-coders only. Please do not take part of you are a coder or designer (with some experience). New designers/coders are free to take part, but please use the relevant poll options.

I would like to know how many would be interested in learning how to code. This can be in the form of products, full blown major hacks, template modifications, or styles.

If you had the opportunity to learn how to do this, would you?
Are you interested in writing your own hacks?
Will you be in the next generation of coders & designers?

Please register your vote in the poll.

Note: the poll is public, and your username will be viewable. This is simply so that the existing coders can see who is interested.

Thanks.

Kerry-Anne

[TheMusicMan]

Hi Kerry-Anne

Excellent idea for a thread, kudos to ya.

I'd love to learn to code and can think of a way i'd like to do that too... which is to learn how to do what i would do with a template amendment, but with a hook/plug-in that can be installed utilising the vB Plugin system.

I recently amended one of my templates to include a banner to appear just above the message area, as I wanted to give one event on my site some more prominent promotion. I'd love to have been able to do this via PHP and the vB plugin system. Easy for many, a piece of cake for some, but for us who would love to be able to do this - we'd love some form of instruction.

I am a fast learner... teach me.... I am a sponge!!!!!

[Lady Divus]

I voted 'Yes - I am a non-coder' I would love to learn how to code. I have experience with Java Script Rewriting to suit my needs, and i have HTML basics, but PHP is a whole other beast lol

I am learning PHP as i go, (Working out my many goofups ) along the way, but would love nothing more than to write code for myself, as well as to share with others. Some of the hacks i see here that are java based drive me insane (Not in a bad way), because i think of how often i have used that same java script on html pages but could never imagine making it work for PHP w/o messing up the board.

Are you thinking of staring a 'Coding 101 Class'? If so, i would be most interested in placing myself in the very front seat in full attention to the teacher...I hope this can be a reality. Thank you. Be well -

Lady Divus

[Gaskell]

Non coder, probably going to need to learn to code at some time so it may as well be now!

[SaN-DeeP]

nice idea but i am non-coder and interested to know more

[peterska2]

Some great response here. This is brilliant to see.

In June I will have some spare time and will be looking for a couple of people to take under my wing on the templates side of things, along with some basic php such as including custom templates.

I am seriously hoping that some of the other coders will also be willing to take a couple of people under their wings and teach them either template modifications, or php coding. At present no coders have come forward to say that they would be interested in helping someone learn, so it could be limited numbers working from my knowledge on a waiting list system.

At present, I am simply trying to gauge how many people are interested then I can work out some form of plan on the best way to do it.

It will be good to get some fresh blood into coding (not that I think that you literally need to give your blood ) as more ideas will emerge and with time, the quality and quantity of hacks available will increase.

Once I have some exact structure into the plans, I will be posting further information, along with what to do next.

In the meantime, the poll is open until 24. May 2006 at 16:35 (GMT). Please continue to register your interest in the poll, and preferably post to state which area of coding you are interested in learning.

The area of coding is simply for the benefit of those, like myself, prepared to teach from our experiences. Obviously, I am not a php coder (hence being a designer not a coder), so the majority of tuition from myself will be in conjunction with the style manager and template manipulation.

[TruthElixirX]

<i>Yes - I'm a new coder</i>

If you had the opportunity to learn how to do this, would you? I'm learning as I go, slowly but surely as my plate is full with other things.

Are you interested in writing your own hacks? Very much so.

Will you be in the next generation of coders & designers? I hope.

[TTG]

I would love to learn how to code .. I've edited a few plugins when I've liked the principle of the plugin but didn't want to have all the items, but coding is something I've alway wanted to understand.

To be able to produce something in return for all the existing coders hard work here that I've used, would be truly satisfying.

[Dr.Viggy]

I would love to know how to do this. I was the first to reply to the poll but hadn't posted here. I am in a similar situation to lady divus. I can code HTML well and i can understand PHP when i read it but that's about as far as it goes. I'd like to know PHP as well as the template system so I can make my own mods/hacks for myself and others as well as tweak mods to fit my needs 100%

thanks for this, by the way. I really appreciate you stepping up to give a hand to us that need it. We all have to start somewhere so I'm glad we've got someone willing to give the first push.

[Hellcat]

Originally Posted by peterska2

I am seriously hoping that some of the other coders will also be willing to take a couple of people under their wings and teach them either template modifications, or php coding. At present no coders have come forward to say that they would be interested in helping someone learn, so it could be limited numbers working from my knowledge on a waiting list system.

I'd like to take up the challange to show others how to do some PHP

Only problem, tho, would be SPARE TIME on my side for this.

However, once there's a plan, I can see if I got some, depending on how much iss needed