Successes

I've really enjoyed myself this week. Got stuck in with some PHP, and feel like I've got a lot from it. Having decided last week to forget the processes of going cover-to-cover through a book and actually get stuck in, that's exactly what I did.

I've successfully created a contact form which validates the users input and sends an email. I've also, after many hours, now got a nice image upload system which creates thumbnails. Whilst the backbone of this came as a download, I've spent time looking through the PHP learning what it does, and I've added additional functionality. The script I downloaded deals with only the uploaded and thumbnailing - but the images now go into a lightbox-style PHP image library and I added a PHP function to add a text description to appear in the lightbox display.

The downfall to the approach of getting stuck in is that it makes recording my learning much more difficult, as I often end up being distracted and get too engrossed in what I'm doing. However, I've got evidence that needs printing out and annotating - and the product I've produced shows my learning through an end-product.

Dan, my client for this project, was unavailable to meet up this week, but I've made this a priority for this week, and it looks as though Friday will be a good opportunity to meet with him.