Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript : A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dynamic Websites

by Nixon, Robin

• ISBN13: 9780596157135
• ISBN10: 0596157134
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-22
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

With this simple, streamlined guide, non-programmers will quickly learn how to create responsive, data-driven websites with PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and other open source tools. The combination of PHP and MySQL is the most popular method among web developers for building modern websites with dynamic data and user interaction. Once you add JavaScript to the mix, you can create rich Internet websites and applications using the Ajax development approach. This book will show you how. Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript will help you:Learn the basics of PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript, and to use them together Understand how the Ajax web development approach works Get up to speed on XHTML and the Apache web server Learn how to use useful libraries and packages, such as the Smarty web template system and the Yahoo! UI Library (YUI) Practice what you've learned with exercises and questions in each chapterIf you have either a graphics or web design background and know your way around HTML, Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript will have you building interactive websites in no time.

Author Biography

Robin Nixon has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s (his first computer was a Tandy TRS 80 Model 1 with a massive 4KB of RAM!). One of the web sites he developed presented the world's first radio station licensed by the music copyright holders. In order to enable people to continue to surf while listening, Robin also developed the first known pop-up windows. He has also worked full time for one of Britain's main IT magazine publishers, where he held several roles including editorial, promotions, and cover disc editing.

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