I'm a codeigniter fan, but i would have to agree that starting with rolling 
your own simple app is best. When i first started i decided to build an online 
shoe store in ASP (dating myself here). It was't anything fancy, but I learned 
a lot about many of the different aspects of design and development. Data 
modeling, SQL, Stored Procedures, interface design, scripting (both client and 
server), etc. The other benefit was that I was able to include it in my 
portfolio. I find practical application is the best way to learn and develop 
marketable skills.

kah


On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Ryan Joy wrote:

>> Get a cheap hosting account somewhere, install a simple (but well wriiten) 
>> application that uses a database and study the code to figure out how things 
>> work. 
> 
> Better yet, get a local development environment up and running. You can 
> easily use XAMPP or MAMP to get Apache, MySql, PHP up and running as quick as 
> possible. You can also install/build each of these components yourself 
> separately thereby gaining an even further understanding of the LAMP stack.
> 
> Download the latest versions of each project your interested in and start 
> plugging away at them.
> 
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