[TYPO3-dev] OT: Re: PHP requirement

[Ries van Twisk]

On May 11, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Dmitry Dulepov wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Steffen Müller wrote:
>> More important than having an up-to-date backport of FLOW3 code is  
>> the
>> possibility to learn new programming patterns with TYPO3 4.x (like  
>> MVC,
>> but also factory, strategy, dependency injection, etc.). Existing  
>> TYPO3
>> v.4 programmers
>
> You do not need FLOW3 for this. You can do it within one day with  
> Google :)
>
>> The more I think about extbase and the transition, I realize the
>> importance of extbase as a knowledge bridge. In contrast to TYPO3  
>> >= 4.2
>> design patterns seem to be very important in FLOW3. And I guess there
>> are a lot of programmers which are new to those pattern. So extbase  
>> is a
>> great step to start learning the "art of programming" which is used  
>> for
>> FLOW3.
>
> Imagine if you start learning physics from exploring the design of  
> the Large Hadron Collider. How much would you learn?
>
> When one learns, (s)he needs theory first. If (s)he jumps directly  
> to samples, his/her knowledge will not be deep but very fragmented  
> and incomplete.



That's a bad analogy Dmitry,

The LHC was also created to understand physics, not just to proof  
current theories (to find the Higgs boson particle).

Also books where created so people could learn from others work it's  
not all about self though in this world.

Ries