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+title: Building a system on your own when you're a rookie
+tags: [ development ]
+type: post
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+---
+
+If you're like me, you'll want to build your website the hard way, just so you
+can get to know a little more on programming <abbr title="PHP: Hypertext
+Preprocessor">PHP</abbr> and understanding certain aspects regarding its
+planning and structure.
+
+This post is taking place after a conversation I had with a friend of mine in
+college about building a website from scratch, in order to learn PHP. Guess
+what I told her ;)
+
+So what if you just wanted to build a website to start a business right away
+and never worry about if it works? Is _building a website / web application the
+best solution_ if you wanna start off successful and harmlessly?
+
+Know what you want
+------------------
+
+First of all, you need to focus on pointing out what you want. What is it?
+
+
+* A static information website, with a couple forms?
+* A blog?
+* If you are a photographer, a photo gallery to use as a portfolio?
+* A CRM application?
+* ...
+
+> With great power comes great responsability.
+
+Whatever you are trying to do, it's important you know if you can do it or go
+for already existing applications for your needs. If it's a blog or a photo
+gallery, I'd suggest using a CMS like [Drupal](http://drupal.org) or
+[Wordpress](http://wordpress.org). As for CRM platforms, there are lots of
+them, like [XLSuite](http://xlsuite.org) or [SugarCRM](http://sugarcrm.com) are
+in the list.
+
+Choosing a framework or not
+---------------------------
+
+Again, if you're going the hard way, you will most likely discard the option of
+using a framework such as the Zend framework or CodeIgniter, since these spare
+you the application code management such as URL aliases and filter, database
+abstraction / configuration and templating, amongst other things.
+
+You have two choices:
+
+
+* Not use a framework and learn everything you need from top to bottom. This is
+  particularly good choice if you're inexperienced but want to learn how to write
+  and manage an _application's architecture_ over programming logic.
+
+* Choose a framework and focus only on the _programming logic,_ leaving
+  architecture details to the framework. This is a good choice if you have
+  acquired some knowledge over time and so you feel confident you will be using
+  such a framework more often, dedicating more time to the application itself and
+  not just its skeleton.
+
+What resources you have
+-----------------------
+
+I only advise [PHP's official website](http://php.net). It contains all the
+reference regarding the language and packages included such as database
+operations, XML, Web services, everything. There's always _Twitter, IRC and
+Google_ to help you out. Hey, it did for me, why not you?
+
+End of story
+------------
+
+PHP is just so freaking easy. The hard part is organizing your thought. If you
+need any help, drop by this website and reach me, I'd be glad to help. If you
+have any resources or suggestions you'd like to mention, please do!