thbp Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) Hi i am wondering about this question. I know there is alot of topics on this but heres my dilema. I am wanting to get into mods for *** (ive already made basic copyright one). After this i want to create php scripts. I already know javascript (intermediate (barely i just know basics with some dom)) but like i said i want to get into php becouse of its benifets and create a php forum system (using text files) (in the future) but i dont know if i should further my javascript. Thank you in Advance. Edited December 23, 2008 by thbp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Hi, You don't need to further your Javascript, if you want to learn PHP or build a forum. Given that you know a little DOM, I would be moving into PHP: www.killerphp.com ... And I would also look at JQuery for your continued exploration of Javascript. JQuery is a very popular Javascript/Ajax library that makes creating all kinds of Web 2.0 widgets really easy - there is no sense to building these things from scratch. That brings me to my next point: don't build a forum for scratch! There are so many free open source forums out there, that it would be a classic case of 'reinventing the wheel', if you started to build a new forum. I wrote about this on my PHP blog: how to build a content management system Hope that helps. Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thbp Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 helps tremdously. since ive worked with modding for forums ive looked into the jquery framework and didn't really understand it. I have a php text forum i was going to modify to what i need ( i already have owners concent). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSW Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 To issues to consider: Security - Forums can cause all sorts of security holes, so do you/this other person know enough to deal with them. Other free forums have dedicated professional and experienced developers who do and keep on top of such issues. JavaScript is not supported on many user agents and can be turned off at any time... always use server side code like PHP when possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thbp Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 I am going to learn php you can do some of the same things and then they are guaranteed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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