Hi!

I’ve been working as a web developer, mostly in Perl, for almost 10 years now.

A few years back I drank the kool-aid on clean code after having read Code Complete and working on a team where the programming standards were incredibly high.

Now I’m in a new job, working on a big ball of mud and spaghetti.  This has motivated me to do more coding in my spare time, and Code Igniter grabbed my attention immediately.

I played with RoR a few months back. After comparing their “blog in 20 minutes” video vs. the CI version, CI comes out on top for many reasons, not least of which is that I could actually follow along and do it at the same time.

Hey CodeIgniter!  We’re gonna be friends, you and I.

Since you’re about the first girl here on in the CI forums (at least I haven’t seen any other) AND you’re a coder AND you’re good looking, I gotta be fast and do something about that before the others come: Will you please marry me?

OK, now seriously: Welcome aboard. With a background in Perl, I guess you shouldn’t really have problems with PHP or CI!

Cheers

Good time to develop when its raining!

Clemens- - 17 March 2007 12:54 PM

Since you’re about the first girl here on in the CI forums (at least I haven’t seen any other) AND you’re a coder AND you’re good looking, I gotta be fast and do something about that before the others come: Will you please marry me?

OK, now seriously: Welcome aboard. With a background in Perl, I guess you shouldn’t really have problems with PHP or CI!

Cheers

Thanks for the warm welcome.

Kozuch - 17 March 2007 01:08 PM

Good time to develop when its raining!

When one lives in Vancouver, it’s nearly always a good time to do some developing. 

Perl!  10 years!!  The horror!  The Horror!

Oscar, that’s the thinnest guitar I’ve ever seen. As for the shrunken head on your hat, is that a fashion statement or a hobby?

Tarabyte - 17 March 2007 12:47 PM

spaghetti

spaghetti uuuuhm yummy (without the mud) ) welcome

I guess it’s not a mystery why this attractive young lady is getting a better response on her introduction than I did… but it’s OK, I only cry on the inside

Tee-hee… welcome to you from another forum newbie!

Oscar Bajner - 17 March 2007 02:10 PM

Perl!  10 years!!  The horror!  The Horror!

Hahahahaha!

I actually took an Advance Perl course that was taught by Tom Christiansen back in the heady days of the tech bubble when I was working at Nortel Networks.

Good times, good times.

Welcome Tarabyte! you are indeed good looking

A lady in here can cause quite a buzz…lol

Perl for 10 years. wow! you must be 8 when you started coding and you’re a girl. that’s a double wow!

Welcome to CI. I’m sure you’ll like CI as we all do.

Wow, that’s some serious clichés here. I wonder, if the next male member that introduces himself will be received as warmly as that!

Clemens, the phrase “male member” was outlawed by the Double-Entendre Police some years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viCIQzS7MPg
But what am I still doing here ... I should probably go walk my dog! And let him play with my balls ... Or something!

Martin Hall - 17 March 2007 02:22 PM

Oscar, that’s the thinnest guitar I’ve ever seen. As for the shrunken head on your hat, is that a fashion statement or a hobby?

Martin, sometimes I worry about you. It’s not a guitar! Any fool can see it’s a fishing-rod!! Sheesh (American : Expression of hopeless puzzlement

As for the shrunken head, let it be a warning to you all:
If you ever go water-skiing in Ecuador, be *very* careful who you party with