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'PHP 5 Power Programming' Available for Download

Posted by timothy on from the try-it-if-you-want dept.

OneSeventeen writes "As mentioned earlier on slashdot, the Bruce Perens Open Source series has expanded its selection with PHP 5 Power Programming. As with all of the books in this series, electronic copies are offered free of charge several months after its printed release. While it is always nice to have even more PHP books on the bookshelves, this has been officially released on the Bruce Perens' Open Source Series for download in the form of a 720 page PDF file. Better PHP programming is only 9.3MB away!"

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  1. Elitist idiot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Part of being a good programmer is using the best tools for the job.

    For many contracts, to act in the client's best interests, you have to build code that they can get up and running on a typical web hosting package. Practically all hosts offer PHP support. I have yet to see one offer Ruby support.

    For many contracts, to act in the client's best interests, you have to develop something that other developers will be able to work on. This entails using commonplace languages like PHP, not obscure Japanese ones like Ruby.

    Even if you hate the language, there are lots of reasons to pick PHP over Ruby. Posting comments like yours just gives the impression you are some student who likes to think you're better than everyone else because you've jumped on the latest trendy bandwagon. Grow up.