PHP and MySQL Web development
by Luke Welling · first published 2003
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Why HN recommends it
Comprehensive, hands-on introduction to building dynamic websites with PHP and MySQL. It takes learners from basics to real skill, especially self-taught readers working at their own pace.
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The accompanying CD-ROM contains "full versions of PHP, MySQL, Apache, several graphics libraries, files containing the code listings in the book, and the entire book in pdf format."--Page [696].
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on “Learning to code. Or am I just crazy??” ↗I'm a bookworm, so I sought out well-regarded books on Amazon. I started with 'PHP and MySQL Web Development' by Welling & Thomson, and could not have been happier. It's hefty (nearly 1,000 pages for the latest edition), but was well worth the time. Next up was 'PHP in Action', which is similar to the later…
on “Ask HN: What programming language are you currently learning?” ↗…point of console programs and never really got into it. Eventually I picked up late 90s HTML (hello geocities!) and php was a natural next step. I still remember going to the library to borrow the book PHP and MySQL web development. It was so empowering. I could make any kind of application I wanted and see the result in my browser, GUI and all (Win32 API was way beyond me at that age). I made my own forums, ebay clone, and a few…
on “I still love PHP and JavaScript” ↗PHP and MySql Web Development and Real World Haskell are what you might consider formative for me.
on “Ask HN: Books that made you a better Software Engineer?” ↗Well over twenty years ago I decided I wanted to be a web developer. I've always learned best on my own an at my own speed, so I bought myself a copy of Welling & Thomas's book, PHP and MySQL Web Development (https://repository.unikom.ac.id/32751/1/php%20and%20mysql%20web%20dev.pdf). The book was just over 800 pages long, covering database design, security, e-commerce and so on. I read that thing cover to…
on “The 800 page book that made me a web dev” ↗Did you know OmniTI (employers of Shiflett and Welling, former employer of Thomson, and sister company to MessageSystems (Wez Furlong & George Schlossnagle) have an office in Brooklyn? I believe the main contributor to CakePHP works there too. If you're that interested in PHP, it might be something to consider being relatively close by. I'm bookish in how I approach programming too, and among you
on “Ask HN: What programming language are you currently learning?” ↗For PHP: PHP and MySQL Web Development, 4th Edition by Welling and Thomson. Learn about PDO and parameterized queries and such from the online docs; the book treats security poorly. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook would probably be a…
on “JavaScript Things I Wish I Knew Much Earlier In My Career” ↗Daily. Before enrolling at the UW, I was coding thanks to C# Primer Plus and PHP & MySQL web development. Educational books have provided me employment opportunities (first coding job @ 100m+ company @ age 16 from self teaching) && recreational books have really changed the way I think about the world and problems (outliers, smartcuts). Books inspired me to write, and publish my first coding bo
on “Ask HN: Developers how much you read books?” ↗