Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] PHP programmers need spanked!

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> there are a couple of reasons for this problem. first, web programmers 
> tend to be new. most don't come from a traditional programming 
> background. on top of that, most barely learned their php skills 
> through experience...not study. so, no one was there to correct their 
> mistakes.

True. I'm self-taught but I've been doing it for like 12 years so I 
guess I've had time to learn these things. I think a lot of developers 
don't want to learn though. Code that only they understand seems so much 
more studly than easy to read well written code. I did this same thing 
when I was about 15. Trying to cram as much code into a short space as 
possible so as to make it look really impressive (and to save cpu time.. 
more needed than now) seems cool but really is just a headache.

> secondly, constructing web sites and services usually entails meeting 
> some insane deadline. fact is, most web developers just don't have 
> time write code correctly.
>
> "who cares what the source looks like as long as it works..." is the 
> web developer mantra.
>
> i'm guilty of it. when someone hands you a spec sheet for a decent 
> sized database application due in a week...commenting all of your code 
> and writing modular, portable oop based php is out of the question.
>
> sucks, believe me. but it's an unfortunate truth of the "must have it 
> now" web generation.

That too. Every programmer, working in any language, has had that 
problem with management. It should be different with opensource software 
though. It should be designed for the long haul.

-- 
Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://kavlon.org

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