Note: this is article is cut in parts, this is the the second one. Visit the first one if you don’t know what Smarty is and why to use it. The post supposes basic PHP programming skills. Ok, last time we examined the goods and bads of using Smarty, this time we’ll install it.
Note: this is article is cut in parts, this is the only the first one. More to come. Programming in PHP without separating content and code can lead to unwanted results, low mantainability and slower production. Even nowadays you can find tons of scripts written by filling HTML pages with chunks of code.
Before using a test server, my web programming experience was really slower. In fact, every time I had to modify something or try a piece of code, I had to upload it first to my remote server. If the Internet connection had a fluctuation, I could not continue working at all. This also meant I [...]