[chiPHPug-discuss] Beginner's Break (was PHPTEK Conference questions)

[Richard L. <ce...@l-...>]

So...

Let's try and be more inviting to beginners with a "Beginner's Break"
at the start of each meeting, eh?

I've been meaning to do this, and tried to get started with it before,
but hopefully we'll follow-through better this time...

I also definitely like the idea of ending with specific user
questions, time permitting.

That does tend to lead to small group stuff, and sometimes total
anarchy and a meeting that drags on.

Perhaps we could take turns coming up with something good for a
beginner, or taking an on-line tutorial and re-working it for our own
site or...

To get the ball rolling, how about some "old hands" answer this
open-ended question OFF-LIST to me, and I'll see what I can pull out
of it for the JUNE meeting Beginner's Break. (MAY being php|tek
itself...)

What one thing do you wish somebody had told you when you were a
beginner?


I'll even try to have some kind of beginner's Tips for tonight's
meeting, if I can squeeze out a half-hour of free time from work and
meeeting prep errands...