Head first PHP & MySQL
by Lynn Beighley · first published 2008
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"Head First PHP & MySQL is your hands-on guide to getting dynamic sites running, fast. Get your hands dirty building real applications, ranging from a video game high-score message board to an online dating site. By the time you're through, you'll be validating forms, working with session IDs and cookies, performing database queries and joins, handling file I/O operations, and more."--Jacket.
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> But thing I miss from back then, was the feeling that the book was going to be the key to getting you started writing whatever crazy idea you had for a program in your head. Yes! I miss it too. For me, that book was Head First PHP & MySQL[0] - Late 2000's, I was living and working in Thailand for a family friends small logistics company in the capacity of a BA, trying to move them into this cen
on “Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)” ↗…there's been a need within my business for a small, (theoretically) simple application to handle part of our workflow. I finally have a concrete end goal in mind, and have been flying through a PHP book (Head First PHP and MySQL, which I quite like so far), because I actually want to learn enough as quickly as I can to put together a working version of this application. Granted, I'm still following the tutorials in the book and…
on “DHH: How do I learn to program?” ↗…name and hosting for his own simple website) HTML CSS javascript jQuery PHP MySQL I recommend Head First HTML and CSS to get started. The other books in the series are good as well all the way up to Head First PHP and MySQL. TeamTreehouse.com is a good place to start as well or pick up with once you make it through a few of these books. Once he gets through those I would point him to learning Rails and/or Laravel frameworks…
on “Ask HN: Advice for 14-year-old who wants to learn to code?” ↗…Those are frameworks. Laravel might even be more in demand now and easier to get in to. If you're just getting started learn some HTML and CSS. Head First HTML and CSS is a good book. Next they have a Head First PHP and MySQL book that is good. Once you completed those start building some simple apps on your own. Sign up for a basic hosting account and learn about setting up a domain, pointing the A record to the server,…
on “Ask HN: Absolute noob here, what programming language to learn to land job with?” ↗…you complete that book, learn some javascript/jQuery, there are head first books for those too, but I think you can learn this from the web. teamtreehouse.com is a great place to learn. Next back to Head First PHP and MySQL. Work through that book, working locally and on your hosting account. I would stay away from odesk now upwork and try find local clients first or connect with friends/clients online (craigslist and twitter…
on “What language has the quickest payback?” ↗I recommend these two books for getting started. You should be able to order from your library, obtain used on amazon or maybe even find pdf files online. Head First HTML and CSS Work along with the tutorials as you're going through the book. Head First PHP & MySQL Same thing here work along with the examples. After you have those completed or along the way pick a php app that you would use,
on “Ask HN: How do I learn php or Web development?” ↗…to learn full stack development. Go through the books Head First HTML and CSS (get an inexpensive hosting account you can FTP files to and setup some domains, point to your hosting), next go through Head First PHP and mySQL. Next is Headfirst Javascript then Headfirst jQuery. After those you should sign up for teamtreehouse.com. You could play around with developing this in PHP without a framework, setting up a login in…
on “Ask HN: What is the best tech stack to develop a SAAS Service?” ↗I think the Head First O'Reilly books are a great foundation. This is my general recommendation to friends and family wanting to learn web development. Head First HTML & CSS is what he should focus on first. As he is working through the book have him purchase a domain, setup a website on something like hostgator. That's a great learning experience. After that book I'd recommend Head First PHP
on “Ask HN: Self-taught devs, what are the best cheap resources for learning webdev?” ↗…HTML and CSS. It gives you a great foundation and is interesting to follow along the way. Get a basic hosting account, register a domain, learn how to setup a website use FTP. Next go through the book Head First PHP and MySQL, it will give you a basic foundation in forms and databases. After that go through Headfirst Javascript, then Headfirst jQuery. Signup for a github account, checkout ways to deploy websites without…
on “I want to start to learn web development.Where to start” ↗21 I was interning at a small startup and made some financial models in Excel (using functions like index and match together). At the time, I told a programmer at the company that I wanted to learn programming. He looked at my work and told me that I was already doing it. I didn't believe him because I didn't think it was "real coding". I thought he was just being nice. My first "real coding" w
on “Ask HN: At what age did you become interested in coding?” ↗HN, what is the best path for me to reach CODER status? I've been laid off from the startup where I've worked the last year doing technical support (due to politics, unfortunately...). I love entrepreneurship and technology, in all its forms. And along with my traditional job search, I'll be investing significant time in the coming months to improve myself. I'd like to code for basic income and
on “Ask HN: How do I become a coder?” ↗