I’d be lying if I said I’m finding this unit easy. It doesn’t help that time has suddenly become an extremely limited commodity for me this year, but I think a lot of the difficulty stems from my inability to break things down into logical, easy-to-manage steps.
It was the same when I began learning HTML and CSS. I vividly remember the first time I opened a page of HTML, and a myriad of complex elements and tags dribbled down the screen. I remember staring at this intangible web of type with a rather blank expression. I remember thinking it looked as if my computer had vomited. Before I’d even truly begun, the demons of self-doubt had taken their familiar hold; I remember thinking that I am not organised enough, not logical enough, not intelligent enough. I remember thinking I will never be able to do this.
And yet here I am, two years later. HTML and CSS are almost second nature. I still run into issues, and at times CSS frustrates me to the point of wanting to reject all technology, pack my best loincloth, flee to the Savannah and live among the buffalo. But nonetheless, I have made a great deal of progress in those two years.
I need to remember this while trying to scale the rather daunting learning curve of PHP. As complex as echos, strings, variables and arrays seem at this moment, they are not impossible to master. It will take time, patience, determination and hard work; but one day I will be able to do this.
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