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5 resources that will make you advanced PHP(LAMP) Web Developer

June 22, 2009

PHP is the most commonly used language in web. Being opensource PHP developers enjoy lots of unofficial tutorials and support. But following are the resources that will really turn you into an advanced PHP developer. Its doesnt matter at what level of php you are working on right now. Wether you are beginner or advanced you will certainly benefit from some great tips in these resources.

1. w3schools.com

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If you are a beginner than PHP and SQL tutorial sections will give you good insight about the basic functions involved to start yourself as web developer. If you have read both this section you are all set to start building your first webapplication using PHP and MYSQL. Its CSS and HTML sections are also worth reading but as I am talking here about LAMP(Linux, Apache, MYSQL, PHP) I will stick to PHP and MYSQL only.

2. Zend PHP5 Certification study guide by Davey Shafik

This is a great book to read once you have some basic knowlege of PHP. This book will cover all the topics that you would have read in w3schools and some more advanced also. Its chapter 6 of object oriented programming in PHP and chapter 10 of Security will give you good insight about object oriented programing and common security measures that you should take care of being PHP developer. You will also have an oppurtunity to go for Zend Certified Engineer(ZCE) certification exam after finishing this book.

3. Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP by Quentin Zervaas

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Though PHP is very easy and efficient language to work on, it is always better to use a framework so that you dont have to reinvent the wheel everytime. It will save you from most of the donkey work and enable you to concentrate on your code. This book is a great Zend Framework tutorial, which covers everything including installation and building your personal blog right from the scratch.

4. High Performance MYSQL By Baron Schwatrz, Peter Zaitsev, Vadim Tkachenko, Jeremy Zawodny, Arjen Lentz & Derek Balling

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This book will be really helpful when your websites grow and database load increases. This book gives good insights about MYSQL. It would be worth reading chapter 4 Query performace optimization so that you keep few tips in mind for writing optimized queries.

5 .Search Engine Optimization(SEO) Bible by Jerri Ledford

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As the name suggest this book gives good explaination about search engine optimization. This is the book worth keeping in your collection as websites are made to attract traffic and search engines are the best sources to attract traffic free of charge.

Have I left any of your favorite resources? please leave your comments.

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5 tools that made me an efficient web developer

June 20, 2009

There are many tools are available that makes web developer's life easy. But below are the tools that has really made me an efficient web developer.

1. Zend Framework

Zend framework is an open source MVC (Model View Controller) framework made in PHP. It has only been for few years now but have already attracted millions of web developer's interest. Zend framework gives you power and flexibility and can help you build reusable independent code very quickly. You can choose what objects you want to use, and it’s very easy to integrate Zend into other frameworks.

2. 960 CSS Framework

960 CSS Framwork is 3-4kb size CSS file that helps build complex layouts quickly. It is consitent in most of the browsers which saves lot of time tweeking for ie6. It is a clean grid structure and rapidly speed up the development time.

3. SVN (Subversion)

Subversion also known as SVN, it is an opensource software which provides revision control of the source codes, this helps to keep track on all current and past versions on each file, with note about who edited them and what they did. If some of the changes go wrong restoring to the previous running version is just few clicks away. It can also be used in place of FTP to upload files to live server, so that everytime you make some changes to you local copy, you dont have to remember the changed files to be uploaded. Simple SVN update command would do that job for you.

4. Wordpress

Wordpress is one of the favourite blogging and CMS (content management system) engine. It is easy to use and have lots of plugin that can suit any normal websites requirement. It is backed with very huge community supporter. If you know PHP, building bespoke plugins will not be too hard in wordpress.

5. Artisteer

As I am more of a developer than a designer, this simple tool can be more useful to people like me. All you have to do is just click few buttons and you have a decent web design ready. This website's design was also done in in artisteer in just 10 minutes. All the designs made in artisteer can be easily exported to HTML/CSS or it can also be exported as wordpress, drupal or joomla themes.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you enjoyed this post:). Please be kind as this is my first post and English is not my first language.

Any other tools which have made you a better web developer please leave your comments.

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