[themes] Minute to learn - lifetime to master....

[Philip_Wetzel at nhd.uscourts.gov]

I can understand that.    You instinctively want to go with what you know,
It took a while before it started to click.  Too easy to whip up some code.
I think I can still do things quicker in code, but at least I understand
there
is a higher level of achievement to be had.
I only hacked the core in 2 places though.  Both were to get rid of
annoying
warnings.  The theme is another story.   Way beyond going back,



From:	Roger <arelem at bigpond.com>
To:	themes at drupal.org,
Date:	11/20/2013 06:23 PM
Subject:	Re: [themes] Minute to learn - lifetime to master....
Sent by:	themes-bounces at drupal.org




> Chris,  With all due respect, I think how fast/easy you pick up Drupal
> depends on
> your prior experience.  I have many years experience doing traditional
> programming
> (c, .net, etc).  I was able to get rolling with Drupal fairly painlessly
> (set up the menu structure,
> start adding content).  Granted, as I continue on there are some tough
> hurdles.
> Views, Content Types for instance.  That was tough, but I'm getting
there.
> I know there are
> a lot of hurdles yet to come.
> As a coder, I solved some problems with PHP code behind the scenes.  But,
> as I got close
> to making it work, I started understanding how I could have done the same
> thing entirely
> within Drupal with no PHP outside.
> It's been a strange trip indeed.
> Phil
>
I had this experience lately from another angle.
Was teaching a php programmer to develop a site in Drupal 7 but they
didn't get it and kept reverting back to hacking the core, modules and
themes instead of just doing the drupal thing and using the tools.
Go figure!
Roger

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