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shawn stokes
5,651 Pointswho thought this would be a good idea!
who thought it would be a good idea to restructure the whole directory and file structure at this point... they should have just started with this so you would under stand it and not spend hours tracking down and fixing messed up links. i don't know about others, but when i start a website i start with this. no need to do twice the amount of work.
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Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsFor an absolute beginner level course, I think they made the right move. Introducing too much right off the bat would/could easily confuse somebody who knows nothing about PHP. It also helps make the connection as to what constants do, and how powerful they can be. Sure, no one would start a project this way, but I'm glad they started it from absolutely zero.
thomascawthorn
22,986 PointsYou will be incredibly lucky to go grow any application and code it exactly right first time round. Refactoring (steamlining / improving existing code) is a very important step! That's just another take home message from this exercise - yes, it requires a bit of work, but imagine the time you save yourself in the long run by refactoring your code to make it more maintainable! It's a very good habit to get into :-)