in reply to Learning CGI & DBI well

The best way to learn, at least after you've read about it, is to build it.

You have the resources to help you out if you get into a corner (I consult the Mouse and the Panther fairly regularly), so now you have to find a task where you can apply them.

There are a hundred Freshmeat records for web applications that track CDs. Why? They're useful, and they're good first projects. Start your own. Or a book database. Or an online survey. Or some mechanism where people can send me flowers, candy, and money.

From there, you might spawn a hundred interesting ideas of improvements and enhancements and further projects.

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Re: Learning CGI & DBI well
by pmas (Hermit) on Jun 08, 2001 at 00:19 UTC
    You beat me with the answer, chromatic.

    100% agree. Programming is a skill, and cannot be learned by reading books only - same as you cannot learn to speak any human language by reading books only and never trying to speak.

    Looks to me that best project for LegLess now will be database of perl books, including fields Animal, Read, NotYetUnderstand... ;^)

    I do not have XP points now, but tomorrow LegLess is my candidate...

    pmas

    To make errors is human. But to make million errors per second, you need a computer.

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