Synopses & Reviews
Sams Teach Yourself PHP and MySQL Video Learning brings the successful Teach Yourself book series from Sams Publishing to life on video — with the same clear and concise style, practical hands-on examples, and self-paced learning approach that have made the bestselling books so popular with beginners looking for the easiest way to quickly get up to speed on a new technology.
This complete video course provides up to four hours of clear, well-organized video instruction. Each 10-minute video lesson uses a consistent, step-by-step learning structure. After a short overview of the topic from the series instructor, each lesson presents a short, richly illustrated tutorial lesson, followed by a hands-on learning lab, and concluding with an interactive quiz lets the learner test how well he or she has grasped the material before moving on.
With Sams Teach Yourself PHP and MySQL Video Learning , you'll quickly and easily learn all the basics of setting up an interactive, dynamic web site:
- Install and configure PHP and MySQL on your computer
- Create PHP scripts for your web site
- Work with forms and files
- Access information in databases
- Authenticate and track users with cookies and sessions
- Set up a secure web server
The DVD contains a complete video training starter kit for Windows and Mac computers:
- Four hours of video lessons with interactive labs and quizzes
- PHP, MySQL, and Apache for Windows and Mac OS X–an easy-to-install package to set up a safe learning environment
- Work files for all the learning labs
- The jEdit programming editor for Windows and Mac OS X
Synopsis
Sams Teach Yourself Video Learning brings the successful book series from Sams Publishing to life on video — with the same clear and concise style, practical hands-on examples, and self-paced learning approach that have made the bestselling books so popular with beginners looking for the easiest way to quickly get up to speed on a new technology.
This Video Learning Starter Kit provides four hours of carefully crafted video training lessons, as well as all the software and source files that the beginner needs in order to be able to follow along with the lessons and create the examples on his or her own computer.
Each 10-minute video lesson uses the same step-by-step learning structure that has proven so effective in all Sams Teach Yourself books. After a short overview of the topic from the series instructor, each lesson presents a short, richly illustrated tutorial lesson, followed by a hands-on learning lab, and concluding with an interactive quiz lets the learner test how well he or she has grasped the material before moving on.
Synopsis
Sams Teach Yourself PHP and MySQL: Video Learning Starter Kit Bundle
Video + Book
$80 Value (USD)
On the DVD…
. Four hours of interactive video lessons that show you exactly what to do
. PHP, MySQL, and Apache for Windows and Mac OS X to set up a safe learning environment
In the Book…
. 24 one-hour lessons to read for deeper understanding
. Clear step-by-step instructions to get you productive quickly
All the contents of this DVD are accessible on any DVD-equipped Windows or Mac OS X computer:
. Insert DVD into your computer’s DVD drive.
. Navigate to the DVD folder and double-click on the Start icon or file.
Synopsis
This book/DVD bundle represents a $25 savings versus the cost of buying them separately. It consists of the book Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL, and Apache All in One and the video course Sams Teach Yourself PHP and MySQL: Video Learning Starter Kit. The Video Learning Starter Kit provides four hours of video training and lessons, along with all the source files and software -- PHP, MySQL and Apache -- the beginner needs to create and run the examples. Each 10-minute video lesson uses the same step-by-step learning structure that has proven so effective in all Sams Teach Yourself books - as well as the same clear and concise style, practical hands-on examples, and self-paced learning approach. The book combines the most popular open source web development tools into a complete book, packaged with one easy-to-use Starter Kit CD. The book teaches the reader to install, configure and set up PHP scripting language, the MySQL database system, and the Apache Web server. By the time users have watched the video lessons and completed the book they will understand how these technologies work, and more importantly, how they work together to create a dynamic web site
About the Author
Julie Meloni is the technical director for i2i Interactive, a multimedia company located in Campbell, CA. She has been developing Web-based applications since the early days of the Web, and is the author of several books and articles on web-based programming languages and database topics, including Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 24 Hours and Blogging in a Snap
Table of Contents
Book
Part I - Laying the Groundwork
1. Installation QuickStart Guide
2. Installing and Configuring MySQL
3. Installing and Configuring Apache
4. Installing and Configuring PHP
Part II - PHP Language Structure
5. The Building Blocks of PHP
6. Flow Control Functions in PHP
7. Working with Functions
8. Working with Arrays and Objects
Part III - Getting Involved with the Code
9. Working with Strings, Dates and Times
10. Working with Forms
11. Working with Cookies and User Sessions
12. Working with Files and Directories
13. Working with the Server Environment
14. Working with Images IV. PHP and MySQL Integration
15. Understanding the Database Design Process
16. Learning Basic SQL Commands
17. Interacting with MySQL Using PHP
Part V - Basic Projects
18. Managing a Simple Mailing List
19. Creating an Online Address Book
20. Creating a Simple Discussion Forum
21. Creating an Online Storefront
22. Creating a Shopping Cart Mechanism
23. Creating a Simple Calendar
24. Restricting Access to Your Applications
25. Logging and Monitoring Web Server Activity
26. Application Localization
Part VI - Administration and Fine-Tuning
27. Apache Performance Tuning and Virtual Hosting
28. Setting up a Secure Web Server
29. Optimizing and Tuning MySQL
30. Software Upgrades
Video
PHP: Foundations - 60 Minutes
Lesson 1: Getting to Know PHP - 10 Minutes
Lesson 2: PHP Applications - 10 Minutes
Lesson 3: Variables - 10 Minutes
Lesson 4: Flow Control - 10 Minutes
Lesson 5: Functions - 10 Minutes
Lesson 6: An Online Catalog - 10 Minutes
PHP: Working With Data - 60 Minutes
Lesson 1: Working with Numbers - 10 Minutes
Lesson 2: Working with Strings - 10 Minutes
Lesson 3: Working with Arrays - 10 Minutes
Lesson 4: Using Regular Expressions - 10 Minutes
Lesson 5: Using Classes - 10 Minutes
Lesson 6: A Customer Database - 10 Minutes
PHP and MySQL: The Web Environment- 60 Minutes
Lesson 1: Processing HTML Forms - 10 Minutes
Lesson 2: Generating Dynamic HTML- 10 Minutes
Lesson 3: Form Validation - 10 Minutes
Lesson 4: Cookies and Sessions - 10 Minutes
Lesson 5: User Authentication - 10 Minutes
Lesson 6: An Online Order Form - 10 Minutes
PHP and MySQL : Using Others Services - 60 Minutes
Lesson 1: Filesystem Access - 10 Minutes
Lesson 2: Host Program Execution - 10 Minutes
Lesson 3: Using a MySQL Database - 10 Minutes
Lesson 4: Database Abstraction - 10 Minutes
Lesson 5: Error Handling and Debugging - 10 Minutes
Lesson 6: An Order Processing System - 10 Minute