Yesterday Mr WorthyOnTheWeb asked me what I was doing (and why was I muttering and swearing) I replied that I was emulating a server so that I could run my scripts. I then proceeded to whine about the fact that I was using Xampp, Apache and MySQL were running but it still wasn't working. At this point, he retreated and left the rambling weirdo to her swear words and nerd speak. Not particularly surprising. Not long ago I wouldn't have understood any of the things I'd said either, in fact I wouldn't have even heard of it. I'm complaining because I'm struggling to do something that I hadn't even heard of six weeks ago.
If I fast forward three months into the future I won't have to fight with Xampp because I won't keep making whatever mistakes I keep making at the moment. Unfortunately I'm currently a whiny swearing impatient muppet who can't get things to do what she wants them to quickly enough. Learning new things take time. I know that, but the reality is that I don't want it to take time. I want to be shown once and be able to get on with it. Not at all practical, achievable or even particularly useful. Faster isn't always better.
As well as the web development I also take a class in dressmaking (Not as part of my degree, combined honours doesn't stretch quite that far) Although there's a part of me that wants to be able to do everything straight away to an excellent standard - my brain seems to understand that I can't run before I can walk. So I don't. I hardly ever swear when I'm dressmaking. I just take my time and work at my own pace. The question is - why can't / won't I do the same with my web development. They're both hands on skills that need to be learnt and they both need practice, so why do I respond so differently? Is it because one's a hobby and one's going to pay my mortgage one day?
I'll let you know if I figure out the answer but for now I've got a fake server to do battle with.
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