Google will be your best friend.
Experience does help ALOT though.
Experience does help ALOT though.
Defo a great way to do business, when you keep a list of PHP scripts or any dynamic scripts for that matter. Sometimes you can get a client who wants one style of interactivity and although it works out great in theory, sometimes it does not end up that great on a user experience level, so you do not want to waste to much time developing a larger prototype application, when you can draw a ready made script from your library. Another thing with being in the Web Development business is getting paid. It has and still is known for clients to steal code and try to finish it themselves, so always get 50% upfront to cover initial programming and design costs. I made this mistake several times, but hey, we gotta learn. Now days, I do no work at all, without a signed contract. Contracts are so important. Also, trademark your name if you can afford it.Great point, neonjuice. I've had a few people ask me about sites that are very involved. Some including things that take a lot of programming time (this is where experience and code library comes in handy!) and once you explain that their ambitions typically reel back a bit. Sometimes you'll meet people that realistically just need pre-canned software...like a blogging system, CMS, and/or a shopping system. I got into PHP because I hate doing things over and over - so it's kind of my character to try to help people set up pre-canned software than building it from scratch and leaving them the bill![]()