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Congratulations, you're ready to
start the first Tech Degree project.

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In Unit 1, you learned the basics of PHP,
loops, arrays, and functions.

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And now,

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you'll get to practice what you've learned
by writing a random quote generator.

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I'm going to show you what the finished
project should look like, and

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walk you through each of the requirements,
so you'll know what to do.

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The starter files,

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which you can download by clicking this
button on the Tech Degree Project 1 page,

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will provide you with the basic structure
of the project, all the HTML and CSS.

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Let's take a look at the project.

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Your task will be to write PHP so that
each time the Show another quote button is

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clicked the project displays a quote
picked randomly from an array of quotes.

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You can use any quotes you'd like,
so feel free to get creative and

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pick out some good ones.

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Just remember, your app will need
to display at least five quotes.

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You'll create an array of at
least five quote elements, and

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those quote elements must be an
associative array with at least two items.

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Quote, which will contain the text
of the quote, and the source,

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meaning where the quote came from,
the person who said it.

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The quote element should also have two
optional items, citation and date.

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Date and citation should only appear
if that information is known.

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For example, take this quote, Make it so!,

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by Captain Jean-Luc Picard
of the starship Enterprise.

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The optional citation
property is included,

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because it's from the show
Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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However, as the Captain
repeated this quote a lot,

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there's no year to cite, so
the year isn't displayed.

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Your project will need two main functions,

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A getRandomQuote function and
a printQuote function.

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The getRandomQuote function should
randomly select a quote from the quote

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array, and return that element.

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The printQuote function will call the
getRandomQuote function, and then print

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the quote to the page using the template
provided in the project instructions.

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Lastly, you'll need to include comments
in your code that briefly explain

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what your code is doing and how it works.

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For every project you'll want
to read the project instructions

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carefully before you begin, and
be sure to follow them step by step.

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Always take a look here at the How
you'll be graded section, and

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compare your project to the rubric
requirements to make sure you've

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completed all the items in the list.

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And that's what you'll need to do to
complete your first Tech Degree project.

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If you find yourself feeling stuck,
or are unsure of how to get started,

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that's perfectly okay.

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Try to break down the tasks
into smaller steps.

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Step one might be,
how do I generate a random number?

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Step two might be,

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how do I use that random number to get
a quote element from the quotes array?

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Finding the answers may require
some outside studying and

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a fair amount of Googling.

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But don't worry, having to Google and look
up information is perfectly normal and

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all part of the process
of learning to code.

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Try not to worry yet about whether or
not your project is coded in the best,

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dryest, or most efficient way.

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That kind of knowledge will
come with time and practice.

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At first, just concentrate on
getting your project working to

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the specifications outlined
in the instructions.

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You can always revisit the project
later to refactor and improve.

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Keep in mind that you can always go
to Slack to get help from your fellow

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Tech Degree students.

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It's a friendly, supportive, and
fantastic learning community, so

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I highly encourage you to join.

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You can email help@teamtreehouse.com
if you need an invitation.

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Good luck on this project.

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Have fun, learn a lot, and happy coding.