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Beginner’s Corner Part 3 – Installing Scripts – Wordpress, Drupal, etc.

November 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Screencasts, Tutorials

In this third installment of the Beginner’s Corner series of screencasts, we’re going to put together what we’ve learned so far and start installing scripts on our local development environment.  We will learn the general steps that are involved in getting the scripts to run successfully on our local server.
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Beginner’s Corner Part 2 – Creating Projects, Databases, and Users

November 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Screencasts, Tutorials

This is the second part of the Beginner’s Corner series of screencasts where we’re going back to basics and learning how to set up a local development environment.  In this installment, we look at how to create projects, where to put our project files and how to access them.  We also look at how to [...]

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Beginner’s Corner Part 1 – Setting Up a Local Development Environment

November 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Screencasts, Tutorials

In today’s screencast, the first of a series, I am going to go all the way back to basics and walk you through setting up a local development environment (the easy way) on your computer that will allow you to code in PHP, develop applications, and test scripts such as Wordpress, Drupal, MODx, etc.  This [...]

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Best Resources for Learning PHP from the Ground Up – Newbie Goodies

May 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · PHP, Tutorials, Useful Links and Resources

I’ve been teaching myself PHP on and off for a while now, and in the process I’ve amassed sources and links, some of which have been very useful and others very frustrating, with some in the middle.  There are numerous blogs, websites, and forums out there from which you can pick enough information to build [...]

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