I’ve released my tutorial on Object Oriented PHP in Spanish.

You can download the PDF:

Aprenda Programacion Orientada a Objetos en PHP.pdf

Many thanks to Javier W. Barbieri from Iquitos Peru.

PS: I have new PHP tutorials coming out soon.

Stefan Mischook

www.killerphp.com

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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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.

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

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

I’ve just put up a new sub-section on SQL - the language of relational databases.

This is beginners stuff, so if you’re a know-it-all nerd, you can ignore this. On the otherhand, if you’re new to the database thing (mySQL for example) then these first couple of videos should help you get started.

Videos out so far:

- Introduction to SQL
- Introduction to the SQL ‘insert’ statement.

I plan on having a bunch of new videos out soon that cover:

• The big four SQL statements.
• The basics of database design.
• The cardinal rules of database design.

My goal is to not turn you guys into database gurus, rather, I want to just give you enough so we can get you going with PHP and mySQL.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killerphp.com

… I was just thinking, that a list of ‘killer’ PHP open source projects would be useful … for a few reasons:

1. Once upon a time, a master programmer I know gave me a great piece of advice:
   

   “Grasshopper, it is always a much better idea to use proven code (that means good open source projects) than to start from scratch.”

2. Checking out examples of quality code, is a great way to learn how to become a better programmer.
3. Who doesn’t need a list of ‘best of breed’ projects?

I’ve been snooping about the PHP world for a while now, and I’ve come across some crappy PHP projects (I will not name names) but I’ve also come across many great PHP projects.

To be totally honest about it, we’ve seen much of the good stuff coming out of the PHP world, in the last few years.

… PHP developers are leap-frogging ahead with regards to their level of skill and the quality of code they produce.

That all said, the following are my favorite ‘killer’ PHP open source projects:

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I’ve released our second video (part 2 of 2) on setting up an MVC structure with the Zend Framework.

This Zend Framework video is from our resident Zend-nerd: Jon Lebensold.

Again, let us know what you think and should you have any suggestions or request, please feel free to comment.

Running time: 19+ minutes
Part 2 of 2

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killerphp.com
www.killersites.com

I just released a new video on setting up an MVC structure with the Zend Framework. This video is a little more basic than the previous Zend videos … I had to twist Jon’s arm a little.

Anyway, let us know what you think and should you have any suggestions or request, please feel free to comment.

Running time: 12+ minutes
Part 1 of 2.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killerphp.com
www.killersites.com

I finally got around to creating a new section dedicated to teaching basic MySQL.

At this time, I only have a few videos on basic database theory and phpMyAdmin … the most commonly used administrative program for MySQL.

But I have several others in the works.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killerphp.com

I just released my beginners object oriented php video tutorials in iPod format.

These videos target total beginners to object oriented programing. Though I talk about PHP, the principles are universal and so they apply to all OO (object oriented) languages including:

• Java
• Actionscript
• C#
• Ruby

.. and others. So if you are struggling to understand OOP concepts while trying to learn another language, these should help you along.

That said, I strongly believe that PHP is the best choice for web designers today.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killerphp.com