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Head First PHP & MySQL (2008)

by Lynn Beighley(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0596006306 (ISBN13: 9780596006303)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

O'Reilly Media

review 1: This is a very unusual and unconventional book in its design. I suppose its design is intended to make things easier to learn, the way images and visualizations are aggressively used. I didn't end up using the book in a linear fashion, but there were some areas that I found useful, like the part detailing regular expressions, which none of my other PHP books had content on. If you're learning PHP on you're own, it's a decent alternate book that you can use as a reference as it has some unique topics, but I wouldn't use it as a primary learning tool.
review 2: The 'head first' series has a way of explaining computer language so that it does not seem so daunting. The photographs, exercises, and diagrams truly helped me grasp heavy concepts in record-breaking time... more. That being said, I'm only a beginner in the language. It definitely didn't hold my hand on everything (such as using the programs it told me to install in my computer) but I suppose that can be expected. By use of the internet there are so many free videos and tutorials online that it was not very challenging. The book even has a website to download the source code for your computer. This book gets a 4 out of 5 because I feel as though more features and built in functions of the languages could have been explained. This is a great buy for a beginner, especially if you are evaluating whether programming web apps using these languages is for you. less

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