Archive for April, 2008

Managing Clients – draw the line and hold your ground.

Monday, April 14th, 2008

One of the most frustrating aspects of being a web application developer (a Web nerd) is found in the dynamics of dealing with clients.

I’ve been known to say: “I love everything about programming … except for the clients!”

This aspect of the web business (managing clients,) falls under the umbrella of project management – something every web developer, must learn at least a little bit about.

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Connecting PHP to MYSQL Video Tutorial

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Hi,

I was just looking over killerphp.com and noticed that I hadn’t posted any new content for a little while – it’s been about two weeks!

… That can happen when your busy removing your teeth.

:)

Anyway, I’ve gotten around to releasing a new set of beginners video tutorials on PHP. This time around, I have a four part video on how to get PHP to talk to MySQL.

PHP Video Tutorial

Besides actually walking through the code of connecting PHP to MySQL, we learn a few other things along the way:

  • We learn about the multiple ways that PHP provides for us, in terms of being able to work with MySQL.
  • We learn about the importance of understanding error messages in programming in general. We look at a couple of specific errors that you can run across when working with MySQL.
  • We learn about the die() function and how it can be used when working with MySQL.

As with all my beginners videos, beyond teaching the task at hand (meaning the main point of the video) I also try to introduce other things along the way – things like new functions and good programming practices.

The videos have a total running time of about 27 minutes and are presented in a new format. Let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killerphp.com
www.killersites.com

NEW BASIC SQL TUTORIALS

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Hi,

I’ve managed to upload new video tutorials on SQL basics. At this point, I’ve covered the four big SQL statments:

  1. INSERT
  2. SELECT
  3. UPDATE
  4. DELETE

You can view the videos here: Basic SQL Statements Video Tutorials.

Now that we have that covered, my next videos will be on using PHP to connect to and work with MySQL.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killerphp.com

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