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u/Otterfan · 5 pointsr/PHP

PHP5 and MySQL Bible

Never read it, but I'll review it anyway.

Good

  • It's yellow.

    Bad

  • It's also almost 8 years old now, so it predates all of the PHP good stuff.
  • Programming books that look like phone books are usually lousy, especially if they have three or more authors.

    PHP and MySQL Web Development

    Read it, not a bad book.

    Good

  • It's MySQL coverage is better than any of its contemporaries--it was one of the first intro texts to recommend using the mysqli extension instead of mysql
  • It devotes four good chapters to security.

    Bad

  • It's getting old. It was obviously written before PHP 5.3 and the rise of the Web frameworks.
  • It definitely skimps on object-oriented design.
  • Kind of phone-booky.

    PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice

    Own it. Great book, but--as mentioned elsewhere--not the best if you're a true newb.

    Good

  • It's remarkably well-written. Zandstra is a good communicator and teacher.
  • It object-oriented design, not just object-oriented programming. Most PHP books teach the small-scale mechanisms of OOP--how to make a class, how inheritance works--but PHP O,P&P teaches how assemble classes into an application. Patterns are introduced in the context of a problem. Different solutions to the problem (in the form of design patterns) are examined. The consequences of design solutions are weighed. It does a good job of explaining what makes applications well-designed (loose coupling, separation of concerns, flexibility, etc) and why we should care.
  • It's fairly up-to-date, covering things like PDO and unit testing that are central to PHP development now.
  • It is a real book, not a phone book. Apress books aren't big blocks of paper that occupy your reference shelf. They're meant to be read.

    Bad

  • It isn't an introductory book. If you don't understand at least the basics of programming you won't be able to follow it. It's a great second book, but not a great first one.
  • It doesn't thoroughly cover the "webby" or "databasey" side of PHP. It won't teach you about sessions or HTTP headers or parsing XML or any of that important stuff. The assumption is you already know. While there's a good chapter on database patterns, it assumes you already know enough about SQL to create and manipulate a well-designed, normalized database.

    For a true newb I'd recommend Beginning PHP 5.3 by Matt Doyle. It's a solid intro to modern PHP. Follow that with the Zandstra book or a good database book.
u/ezrock · 2 pointsr/IAmA

> Should I avoid the Microsoft world if I am certain on focusing in the direction of linux?

Assuming you are considering systems administration... In short, yes, avoid MS, and get to know Linux (when I say linux, I usually mean all of the Unix-like OSes). Most of the great sysadmins I know have OSX or Linux on their workstation, and work administering Linux systems. I can't think of anyone that knows both MS and Linux and prefers working with MS - although I am sure they exist. At the end of the day, it comes down to what you prefer, but there are a lot of arguments to be made for getting to know linux. #1 is the server market share, and #2, the F/OSS philosophy.

> What is the lowest "entry-level" job that I can get my feet wet while I study?

With linux, hmmm, good question... there are a couple of entry points. I'd start by teaching yourself. Again, it depends on what you are into. One entry level position would be tech support at a hosting company that hosts linux servers for their clients. The guys that you get on the phone/email when you have this service for example. Their tech support is usually tiered, so tier 1 is doing easy stuff and tier 3 is doing the hardcore stuff. I even poked around a found a listing. That's a great way to get your feet wet. That, or a linux-based startup that has a team and needs more hands.

> I know this is pretty far out, but how's the hiring like for linux positions? When the time comes, should I work with a recruiter, or sell myself to a start-up or company directly?

I wouldn't think it is so far out. If you are a "computer-person" smart and you got yourself a book like this and practiced a bit until you were good enough, you could get an entry-level job pretty damned quickly, I think. The market is quite hot in big cities. For proof, pick a big city, go to craigslist and type in linux under jobs. I picked LA In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with recruiters, it's nice having someone whose job is to get you a job. I've used them to hire and to be hired in my past. Just remember, they're salespeople, and they're selling you, so they are often put in a position where they are trying to persuade you.

>What should I get started on reading? What books would you recommend for a beginner? (I'll take "advance" ones too, I'll save them for the future). Also, if you know of any online communities or websites, I appreciate those as well.

As far as resources... That book above is great. It depends on what you want to know. The RHCT/E course material is great for practical sysadmining:
This is old, but I used it. Almost all of this stuff is good.
This is a classic, but it's quite old.

Online, no better place to start than:
http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/top/

/r/linux

http://code.reddit.com/wiki/help/faqs/sysadmin

u/unappreciatedartist · 1 pointr/Entrepreneur

I don't know if this will help, but this is the method I took (I have a background in graphic design, marketing, and advertising). I first went to some hacker friends who are very good at what they do and showed them all kinds of mockups, illustrations, and venn diagrams, everything about how everything would work. I even wrote out the logic for some of my algorithims in plain english.

Their response: they thought it was an interesting idea, but being the awesome programmers that they were, they had very high paying jobs, and their own side jobs, so they didn't have time to work on my project. They did however give me some great advice: (Note I already knew css and html) They said start with these 3 books:
Jquery Novice to Ninja which really helped me get started with basic animation techniques and understand a bit of Jquery. This really helped me lead into javascript programming with Dom Scripting. This book was great for really fleshing out what the jquery was doing, and helped me with a lot of other questions. I feel very comfortable working in jquery and javascript now. The last book they recommended for me was php solutions to teach me about teh back end of what I wanted to build.

Now learning on my own with just a couple books, stackoverflow, and a few questions sent to my friends/mentors was not easy by any means, but I don't regret it for a second.

Some might not like my choices of using jquery, javascript, or php, but one of the reasons my friends recommended me using those languages in particular was how much documentation is readily available, making them a little easier then some other launguages to learn on your own.

Good luck to you.

u/Yogi_DMT · 2 pointsr/learnprogramming

I've found that the official oracle reference was very well written and helped me understand what's really going on with OOP, rather than sugarcoating things and holding off on establishing the more general concepts until later. The author explains things the right way from the get go, it's more of a bottom-up approach than a top-down approach like some of the other textbooks i've gone through.

I wouldn't necessarily say it's easier than some of the other resources but it is definitely better IMO. It's concise, so there won't be tons of examples or exercises and it won't take pages trying to reexplain the same concept in 10 different ways, but the information they give you is accurate and the examples they give you serve their purpose well.

The book is completely self contained and if you really want to learn Java i'd definitely say this is your best bet. Best of luck.

http://www.amazon.com/Java-The-Complete-Reference-Series/dp/0071808558/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

u/DidYuGetAllThat · 3 pointsr/raspberry_pi

This should be a great start.Jokes aside, what really pushed me along was having something I already enjoyed doing that sort dabbled in it. I played a sandbox game called Garrysmod a lot when I was younger that really encouraged custom content creation with LUA. I slowly made my way to wanting to create my own cool stuff: scripts, maps, weapons, tools, etc.

This really helped me familiarize myself with what was going on a bit overall, I still had a lot to learn. I recommend reading up on some topics in general. Some that come to mind are Web Development as a whole, or more specifically, Graphic Design / Web Design. Also, maybe for later down the line, but Traversy Media provides great content on web design and similar technologies.

Finally, like many things, it can seem a bit intimidating at first. I think if you can find your way in (what you enjoy the most), it's that much better. Among all things it requires patience and experience (time!!) in my opinion. Anyway, hope this helps a little, have a good day!

u/reposefulGrass · 7 pointsr/learnjava

There are tons of resources in many different formats of many different qualities.

On the sidebar to the right, there are quite a few. You should pick the format you're most comfortable with -- book, video, course, etc.

As I've read a few books, for absolute beginners, Intro to java: Comprehensive was pretty good. Very easy to get into to.

Thinking in Java or The Java Reference Book are pretty good for people who already know the concepts of programming.

I haven't watched videos for learning java or taken any courses, so this is all I can give you.

EDIT:

I've found a playlist on YouTube, I've only watched the two first videos, but they seem great.

As a beginner, you'd first have to install Java and also a tool to easy use java -- an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for example. Plenty of YouTube videos covering that.

Here is a course that alot of people seem to like and recommend: MOOC

Lastly, some advice: Stick through with it if you really want to program. Learning to program at first is the hardest part on the journey.

u/arcoiris_san · 2 pointsr/webdevelopment

Well, I'm in the process of learning as well! So, from what I've read, knowing HTML, CSS, and Javascript are the main things that you need to know to create a basic website. :) The other languages you can pick up depending on the kind of features you want your site to have are PHP, SQL, and jQuery.

If you're interested in picking up a reference book, I suggest this one:

Web Coding & Development All-In-One

It covers the basics of what you need to know but I suggest looking into other resources for web designs :)

Hope this can help! Good luck!

u/wisam · 1 pointr/learnprogramming

Java, A Beginner's Guide. is a well-paced book that's not huge (about 700 pages).

Java, The Complete Reference. by the same author of the above book is, as the name suggests, a huge comprehensive reference (about 1500 pages). I wouldn't use it to learn the basics, but would use it later as a reference.

Introduction to Java Programming, Comprehensive Version. is a slow-paced huge book (more than 1500 pages) that will benefit a beginner a lot.

Now if you are in a hurry and you need to go through the basic s quickly and possibly miss some details, I would recommend Think Java. It's a small (about 300 pages) free fast-paced book that will get you hooked quickly.

u/pmartin1 · 1 pointr/PHP

Sadly our college's requirements for syllabi is rather lax. It's less of a coursework map and more of a "here's what you should learn in this class" kind of document. Here's the only course-specific info that doesn't relate to grades or policy:

>CIS 264 students will:

  • recognize the general organization of a web application and supporting systems
  • Develop and understanding of PHP, including how and when it executes programs
  • Create programs in PHP that run on the web
  • Understand the functionality of a database (MYSQL) and be able to create, retrieve, update, and delete data in it
  • Connect to a database server through PHP to create dynamic web pages
  • Recognize and identify common security vulnerabilities in web applications and countermeasures

    Pretty broad right? The rest of the 7 page document is all college policies on various things like cell phone use and grading. This is the book we're using. To be honest, he covers so much in lecture that I only use the book for reference- rarely at that.
u/Plussh · 1 pointr/javahelp

You should use classes to house methods based on relevancy and to generally make your program easier to understand.

I would say having 20 methods in your main class probably isnt best practice, but it really depends on what the functions are being used for.

Say if you were writing a program pertaining to cars, you would ideally have your main class launch the program and create instances of classes, and you could have a class called 'car' that handles all of the functions relating to the use of the car e.g openDoor(), doUpSeatBelt(). It wouldnt make sense to have these in your main class.

Classes are there to make your program easier for both you, and arguably more importantly other people to read, they also make it easier to re-use code and scale your programs.

There are tons of resources out there that explain this better than I can, see 'Java: the complete reference'.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Java-Complete-Reference-Herbert-Schildt/dp/0071808558/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1518696204&sr=8-10&keywords=java

u/Wingo5315 · 2 pointsr/HTML

You can install WordPress on your server and create your own WordPress theme. It's not as complex or complicated as it sounds - if you're just creating a theme for your own website, you just add PHP snippets such as <?php get_the_date(); ?> where you want the date that your post was published to be displayed, for example.

I was like you, knowing HTML and CSS but not PHP, but I wanted to create a WordPress theme for my website. I found this book, which is really useful for this purpose and is very useful to look back at for reference.

u/loamfarer · 2 pointsr/learnprogramming

The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition - Bjarne Stroustrup
Effective Modern C++ - Scott Meyers
21st Century C - Ben Klemens
Learn You A Haskell For Great Good - Miran Lipovača
The Book & Rustinomicon - Rust Contributors
A Byte of Python - Swaroop Chitlur
Java The Complete Reference 9th Edition - Herbert Schildt

These are the books I got the most out of. None of them are good for beginners to programming, except maybe A Byte of Python.
But they have given me deeper essential knowledge over the tools that I'm working with than any sort of "zen of patterns" or "corporate feng shui" style book has offered.

Of course I have also come across other computer science books that are fantastic, namely AI and machine learning stuff. I know a handful of solid game engine and graphics books have also come out in the past few years.

u/teeceli · 1 pointr/java

Because it sounds like you already have a ton of experience with language fundamentals, best practices and design I would recommend Java: The Complete Reference. It reads more like a reference guide and covers the entire language up through Java 8. I'm sure this would suffice to just pick up the differences and nuances between the two languages.

u/TheBigLewinski · 3 pointsr/drupal

High Performance Drupal was a very good resource for me.

Granted, the book is a little more high performance oriented than high availability, but it does deal with creating a high traffic website specifically for Drupal which requires some redundancy. It will likely give you some valuable insight into how to create your architecture. If nothing else, it may save you from having to throw extra hardware at a performance problem.

u/Will_Power · 2 pointsr/learnprogramming

The book that got me started was by Kevin Yank:
http://www.amazon.com/Build-Database-Driven-Website-Using/dp/0957921802

I think, though, there might be some good free resources online. The following might be useful (I haven't checked it out much): http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_intro.asp

If you are using Ubuntu, installation of PHP, Apache, and MySQL is pretty trivial.

u/Dolphinmx · 3 pointsr/learnprogramming

I'm reading this one because I wanted to "relearn" my java and is quite good, it includes only Java and is very detailed...but is a big book, you don't need to follow each chapter, maybe just read what interest you.

Java: The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt


For Android, I started watching the following course on Udacity and they use Android Studio. It's free to watch the lessons.
https://www.udacity.com/course/ud853

u/DeadAlive55 · 5 pointsr/SQL

I’d have to say these were a great combo in my SQL class last year:

SQL Queries For Mere Mortals

and

Murach’s MySQL

Jon Duckett also has a MySQL & PHP book coming out next month that I’m looking forward to. Loved his books on HTML/CSS and Javascript/JQuery

PHP & MySQL: Server Side Web Development

u/verge36 · 2 pointsr/learnprogramming

Well, not really sure about what a complete beginner might think about the book, i already knew some basic concepts of java-classes, methods syntax Generic methods etc.- thanks to this. I also took a mandatory C course at University. I read until java.util, then decided to use Sedgewick's book, because i thought i needed some exercises so Sedgewick's course felt just right. It had plenty of exercises, and the right amount of explanations for most cases. However recursive functions are sometimes complex, and the lack of explanation sometimes makes them hard to understand. Otherwise gret book for beginners. I feel much more comfortable writing code now.
Will look into the algorithms course, that was the part of the book i enjoyed most tbh.

u/K__Dogg · 2 pointsr/learnprogramming

Java: The Complete Reference, Ninth Edition https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0071808558/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0F7wzb16GVWKH

I have been reading this lately and it is the BEST programming book I've read. It's filled with examples and easy to understand explanations.

u/el7al · 1 pointr/perl

Thanks for the answer both of them good books , i already read Perl& LWP before some years , i was wondering if there are a Perl version of something like this book:

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u/Grimmjow91 · 2 pointsr/unix

I am reading the first edition now and it is really good so it can't hurt. It is a great into, and a good reference even for people who know what they are doing.

I am also reading this for school as well http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Fedora-Enterprise-Edition/dp/0133477436/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=517h5KJOQVL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR129%2C160_&refRID=0T274B6GDEYV9EQ9WGSG but I hear http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Commands-Editors-Programming-Edition/dp/013308504X isn't bad either

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u/Thehollidayinn · 1 pointr/learnprogramming

Ah, yes. I should have explained. Nothing too crazy. I have watched the courses and thought it was a good introduction. So - just a personal preference I had over the Big nerd ranch book.

My general philosophy for learning a new stack/language is the following:

  1. Get a general idea, and build some random things (where you seem to be)

  2. Pick up a "Cookbook" book. Usually something like Android Cookbook or project based books (game development - easy)

  3. Hit the theory and "boring" stuff. So for Android
u/ekal · 1 pointr/drupal

Two honestly self-promotional recommendations:

Aimed squarely at beginners, we've 100s of Drupal videos at http://ostraining.com/courses/categories/drupal and what's been the best selling Drupal book over the last 6 months: http://www.amazon.com/Drupal-Explained-Step---Step-Guide/dp/0133124231/

u/growlzor · 1 pointr/PHP

I started with Head First PHP & MySQL when I started years ago. Two books I loved the most though were Beginning PHP and MySQL From Novice to Professional and PHP Solutions Dynamic Web Design Made Easy.

Later this book helped me immensely PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice.

Ultimately, php.net is your bible and you can learn everything from there alone. Post on forums and ask for help. Try something and stick with it, don't jump around creating dozens of projects but stick with one and expand it.

Also this

u/Vorzard · 1 pointr/androiddev

You can buy a book and write code as you read it, including doing the assignments in the book. For one Java: The Complete Reference is good to have around if you are a beginner.

You can give Codecademy and similar services a try and learn interactively. I don't know how good are they at teaching Java. You probably still going to need a book, but these learning app services can be useful.

u/ajcomeau · 1 pointr/Database

I published a book last year on database design with MySQL. MySQL Explained (http://www.amazon.com/MySQL-Explained-Your-Step-Guide/dp/151942437X) is written for beginning and intermediate users. It starts with the basics of database technology and uses a number of examples to demonstrate design principles. Even though it focuses on MySQL, most of the information applies to other software as well.

I'm also glad to correspond with readers of the book by e-mail to answer any questions that I can.

u/cesclaveria · 2 pointsr/learnprogramming

I was in your place a few years ago and what I did was to start picking up books on subjects I knew had a market. I usually started with the "for dummies" version, then moved to the "Wrox Beginning <something>" and then to the "Wrox professional <something>" another editorial I have read is "Apress"

For example how I first started with web development was with these books (well, different versions but the same line):

u/stevejburge · 2 pointsr/drupal

One alternative is Drupal: The Guide to Planning and Building Websites:
http://www.amazon.com/Drupal-Guide-Planning-Building-Websites/dp/1118066863/

Cindy helped us write Drupal 7 Explained, which the best-selling Drupal book: http://www.amazon.com/Drupal-Explained-Step---Step-Guide/dp/0133124231/

She knows Drupal well from a project management level.

We still give that book to clients now and they still find it useful.

u/Seeda_Boo · 2 pointsr/Wordpress

Got a library card? Check out WordPress: The Missing Manual 2nd Edition. It's well-written, thorough on a fundamental level and easy to understand. Helps with learning the "lay of the land" for a solid start.

u/simpiligno · 2 pointsr/webdev

This was the first PHP book that I ever read (previous version) and it will point you in the right direction. One thing I will recommend, the book offers most tutorials using MySQLi or PDO. ALWAYS do the PDO version, it is a much more current and secure standard. Don't worry if you don't know what that means, you will :)

The book covers creating records and some image manipulation. It is built around a fictional travel site, but you will be able to learn from that and reapply to that the building a CMS.

u/frycicle · 2 pointsr/webdesign

PHP Solutions by David Powers was really good imo. I learned PHP in about a week with it. Helped me learn a bit about SQL, HTML, and CSS too.

u/wuts_interweb · 1 pointr/linux4noobs

For cash-in-pocket noobs who like to have a book in hand I'd recommend any of these books by Mark G. Sobell.

A Practical Guide to Linux
Old (1997) but takes you from the basics to intermediate.

A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, 4th. Ed.
Also covers the basics but it's more focused on those subjects included in the title.

A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux, 4th. Ed
I have no experience with this book but I'm including it for completeness.

A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 7th. Ed.
Same. No experience.

u/Ashex · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Thanks for the offer :) I may send you a message in the next week or so. I bought a couple books on PHP and Mysql (this one and this one) to get myself up to speed. I've got about 3 weeks to get this application hammered out :/

u/sungod23 · 1 pointr/sysadmin

Maybe something like this?
Amazon Link

u/leighflix · 1 pointr/learnjava

A reference book could be nice. You've already understood everything, you just need to memorize it.


If you still need to understand a few things:

u/maloney7 · 1 pointr/PHP

A good book for PHP 5.3 is http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-PHP-5-3-Wrox-Programmer/dp/0470413964

I can't remember if it covers outputting to PDF but once you've got the language and MySQL down doing that is only a Google away.

u/CaptRobovski · 1 pointr/webdev

I'm confused now - was it going to be a wordpress book and now it's php + mysql? Has the WP book been shelved?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PHP-MySQL-Server-side-Web-Development/dp/1119149223/

u/nekochanwork · 3 pointsr/learnprogramming

> Is there a true singular source to learn Java?

Unfortunately, no. There are 1000s of places to learn Java. The right choice is dependent on your skill level and what you want to build (e.g. web apps, mobile apps, desktop sevices, etc.).

If you need some recommendations, start with The Java Tutorials on Oracle, followed by Effective Java.

If you need a comprehensive overview of the language, you can use Java: The Complete Reference 9th Edition.

u/Buffsabres · 2 pointsr/learnpython

Web Scraping with Python: Collecting More Data from the Modern Web https://www.amazon.com/dp/1491985577/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_taa_PP6TDbZYCSW5W

u/Droymac · 1 pointr/html5

Duckett has a new book on PHP & MySQL coming out in January March (release keeps getting pushed back)

u/beast4000 · 1 pointr/linuxquestions

A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7th Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0133477436/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_3Qy8ybA04XHJJ

u/unerds · 2 pointsr/java

i'm using Java: The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt for syntax and general overview of the language and it's packages and such...

I'm also going through Stanford's CS106A which is a programming methodology class that uses Java 5... there are about 28 lectures with transcripts, assignments, handouts, exams and all that available at that link.

there is a lot of redundancy in the two resources i'm using, but the book is concise with it's progression through the language, while the methodology lectures are a bit more pragmatic.