Sometimes I feel a bit overwhelmed with the amount of stuff that I want to learn. I always read on all of these other people’s blogs on what they are doing in webdesign/development and I really want to do that stuff too, but it has always been hard for me to find a starting place. I think I first need to get very good with HTML/CSS. I ordered a couple books off of Amazon from O’Reilly so that should be good. Then I want to learn the basics of programming in either PHP or Python. This is so I can create the next-gen CMS that I have envisioned, at least for my own purposes. I think I have been sold on Django. I have always liked linux and open source and for that I am drawn to Django because it uses Python. Python has long been a popular Open Source language. Then once I learn at least the basics of those, I need to start learning more about APIs and how they work so I can integrate things into my CMS. So I have a long road ahead, but as long as I stay patient and focus on it, I am sure it can be done. Hopefully I can get a great team together to help create my CMS.
Monthly Archive for May, 2006
I have to make a decision. I want to start work on creating my own CMS/Blogging system and I am trying to decide between using Django and Ruby on Rails. I have seen many amazing examples of things made on Rails, just look at the creator of Ruby on Rails, 37signals. I was pretty much set on learning Rails because I hadn’t seen any sites using Django that really impressed me until I came across JeffCroft.com. I really like how well he has integrated many external services into his site including Flickr. So now I am back at the start trying to decide which to learn. I may end up learning both, but that will be a ways down the road. I guess for now I should just focus on learning more HTML and CSS and the basics of PHP.