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

by Robin Nixon

If you know HTML, this guide will have you building interactive websites quickly. You'll learn how to create responsive, data-driven websites with PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript, regardless of whether you already know how to program. Discover how the powerful combination of PHP and MySQL provides an easy way to build modern websites complete with dynamic data and user interaction. You'll also learn how to add JavaScript to create rich Internet applications and websites.

Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript explains each technology separately, shows you how to combine them, and introduces valuable web programming concepts, including objects, XHTML, cookies, and session management. You'll practice what you've learned with review questions in each chapter, and find a sample social networking platform built with the elements introduced in this book.

This book will help you:

-Understand PHP essentials and the basics of object-oriented programming
-Master MySQL, from database structure to complex queries
-Create web pages with PHP and MySQL by integrating forms and other HTML features
-Learn about JavaScript, from functions and event handling to accessing the Document Object Model
-Use libraries and packages, including the Smarty web template system, PEAR program repository, and the Yahoo! User Interface Library
-Make Ajax calls and turn your website into a highly dynamic environment
-Upload and manipulate files and images, validate user input, and secure your applications

Genres: Programming, Reference, Computer Science, Nonfiction, Technology, Website Design, Technical

505 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2009

About the author

Robin has over 30 years experience of writing software, and developing websites and apps. He also has an extensive history of writing about computers and technology, with a portfolio of over 500 published magazine articles and almost 30 books, many of which have been translated into other languages. He is also a prolific Internet video course instructor.

As well as IT, his interests include motivational psychology (which he also writes about), artificial intelligence research, many types of music (both playing and listening to), playing and creating board games, and enjoying good food and drink .

Robin lives on the south-east coast of England (where he writes full time), along with his five children and wife, Julie (a trained nurse and university lecturer). Between them they also foster three disabled children.

Reviews

[Y͢i͢Z͢u͢X͢]

Genial y de plus trae CSS3,jQuery y HTML5 🤟

[Danié Rivas]

Bien para iniciar, pero no ahonda en la Programación Orientada a Objetos ni en temas de arquitectura, que son bastantes importante a la hora de desarrollar una app web