Description: No kidding! I found this book extraordinarily helpful. It's written in a clear and concise style for people who don't know much about programming. The author explains stuff that seems to come naturally to experienced programmers, such as why semi-colons go in certain places but not in others. (I have no idea what that other reviewer is talking about with regard to being unable to read the type in the book; all the examples are in a very clear typeface with all the "code" examples in what looks to be about 11 point Courier. If you can read the average newspaper, you'll have an easier time reading this book.) In a couple of hours I knew everything I needed to know to make working databases and PHP pages that talked to them. And I was able to adapt that knowledge to enable me to make edits to well-known PHP/MySQL packages (such as Postnuke) for creating very sophisticated blogs and websites. If computer books usually intimidate you, trust me... this one won't. If only every computer book ..
ISBN:
193184187X
Release Date:
26 August, 2002
List Price:
$29.99
Author:
Julie C. Meloni
Publisher:
Premier Press
Last Updated:
06/26/2003
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