| Thy Coding Skills Shan't be Forgotten! |
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| Monday, 25 February 2008 | ||||
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You know, when i officially started this site, i had a vision of catering mainly and specifically to the digital art dreams and aspirations we have. i mean, the thought of leaving the world of coding nothing but numbers and logic all day, and mixing it in with a bit of PS work, seems like a dream come true to some of us! But as I've put more and more into this project, it opens my eyes more and more to the fact that one can't just jump up and leave everything technical, especially a trade that they have put time and effort in for a number of years. I have been programming since I first started college, something that I have always had an interest in. The art side of things didn't fully emerge until later, when I realized that my true interests were finally coming out in the open. But in putting together Techy Artsy, there have been web design and general programming issues that I could not avoid with a user tool that will make it all better. I had to DIG DEEP into some frameworks I have been using. This is a Joomla based site, and for those of you who don't know what that is, it's a Content Management System that is totally free. It allows you to create powerful websites, without having to program - if you're lucky. It's an open source project, so anyone can contribute if they have programming skills. So there are tons of great extensions that independent programmers and teams have created to make the Joomla experience all the more cool with plugins that make your site super radical! Now that's the good side, here's the bad one: The extensions can be a bit buggy at times. Even though the basic Joomla framework is designed for novice to interemediate programmers, and even some people with no experience, when you add the extensions it REALLY HELPS to have a little programming know how. More than once I've had to actually go into the code of the extra extensions I've downloaded and do a little tweaking. The fixes are recommended by the extension designers themselves, As I said in my FAQ , I'm still learning like some of you still are. Heck, we all continue to learn as time goes on. One thing that has been said and proven in the computer profession is that you will NEVER STOP LEARNING, no matter how hard you try NOT to. You always have to keep up with the latest trends, and continue to advance yourself. It may seem daunting to see this reality at first, but if you weren't truly interested in the continual learning process, well you wouldn't be at this site, now would you? Cheers! -SB  Add as favourites (44) |  Quote this article on your site | Views: 312
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