Thank you Humphrey!
PHP coding can be very easy given the right tools...
A basic starting point is:
Firefox with firebug extension (This will help with css mainly but provides tools from tracing code down)
Textwrangler if you have a mac
Geany if you use linux
Not sure what for windows but search for alternatives in google..
Those apps will not only seriously help in coding but more importantly they provide easy access to tracing.. Lets say you want to find a particular code but have no idea what file to search
Simply search the entire document root with either of those applications
They will also allow you to compare one file to the next.. So if there is a update you can compare the 2 different files to determine if coding changes were made and where
A trick we developers use to keep track of changes is simply create a local folder and call it revisions
When you change any file you duplicate the file structure within revisions so revisions/core/menus/standard/eldy.lib.php (recent one I worked on)
this way you can keep track of every edit as well as tailoring a custom comment out code for yourself like //dannati above all your edits.. (makes searching for them in the future so much easier)
on a side note anyone who wants to learn in their spare time should visit http://codeacadamy.com its a great website to learn everything from the basics to more advanced programming.....
if you ever get stuck with any code no worries! Just send me a email i.dannati@yahoo.com and I'll do want I can to help!
Cheers!
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