Totally agree that an expandable simple project is the way to go.
I come from a web background, so I'd suggest a blog that expands into a portfolio and all that.

One of the troubles with learning PHP to begin with though is that you need a grasp on HTML/CSS to do anything useful with it, but personally I find it the easiest 'programing' language (rather than 'formatting' language like html/css is). Plus you then really quickly want to learn Javascript to do something with a 'wow' factor to it. But to be honest, with Javascript, if someone was starting from scratch, I'd recomend they learn jQuery, you can do pretty much anything in Javscript much easier inside that framework.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 2 Jun 2010, 15:08, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Not overly fussed about web stuff yet
Have a couple of very competent codey friends that can do all that for me if needs be.

Dammit, I keep thinking of things to do with making the program, and I know that I really should write them down, but if I do I'll start actually working on it before the end of term, do no revision, and fail :(
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Wed 2 Jun 2010, 15:16, Reply)