Suggestion: Coding Mentors

[Razasharp]

Marco I think it's at least worth a try I know many people like me, eager to learn will really appreciate it (and that's never really forgotten )

I propose, a new section is created along with a new usergroup (for Learner coders) - the permissions are set so that Learner Coders can only see the threads they post in that section, but all coders can see all threads in the section - that way Coding Mentors can subscribe to the threads of the people they are Mentoring to easily keep track of them.

Why not just make the section public? Because when learning, one of the best ways to learn is to modify an exisiting similar hack to do exactly what you want - and as the original hacks belong to someone it wouldn't be fair to post those changes on the public board without asking for permission first - remember, at this stage and this particular project, its about helping others learn to code vB hacks, only. In addition that privacy will also help build a relationship between Mentor and LCoder. You could even have a bunch of mentors helping a LCoder in that section... those details can be discussed amongst the Coders and they can decide which would be best for them.

With regards to demand meeting supply, you can do it on a first come first serve basis, and you'll probably find, as Learner Coders get better, they use less of the Mentors time who can then take on more people if they want to. Even if 5 people are helped in one year, that's 5 more than none :-)

Originally Posted by furst

What is a good book for someone who doesn't know a thing about php?

It will depend on what other knowledge you have, you will need at least the basics of HTML. If you have that then two books I think are pretty good are PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites (Visual QuickPro Guides) by Larry Ullman and PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson. Incidently - I asked for book recommendations here on vB.org before ordering