Build interactive, data-driven websites with the potent combination of open-source technologies and web standards, even if you only have basic HTML knowledge. With this popular hands-on guide, you’ll tackle dynamic web programming with the help of today’s core technologies: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML5.
Explore each technology separately and learn how to use them together - and pick up valuable web programming practices along the way. At the end of the book, you’ll put everything together to build a fully functional social networking site.
- Learn PHP essentials and the basics of object-oriented programming
- Discover MySQL, from database structure to complex queries
- Create dynamic PHP web pages that integrate forms and other HTML features
- Manage cookies and sessions, and maintain a high level of security
- Work with JavaScript fundamentals, from functions and event handling to accessing the Document Object Model
- Use Ajax calls to turn your website into a highly dynamic environment
- Pick up CSS basics for formatting and styling your pages
- Learn HTML5 features, including geolocation, audio, video, and canvas
- Get up to speed on all of today’s main web development technologies