Tag: PHP

Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to – A short, well-focused guide – #programming #bookreview

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Instant Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to A practical guide to getting started with PHPUnit to improve code quality Michael Lively (Packt Publishing – paperback, Kindle) PHPUnit is considered by many to be the leading tool for testing PHP code. This “Short, Fast, Focused” book (82 pages digital, 69 pages in paperback) is a recent addition to … Continue reading Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to – A short, well-focused guide – #programming #bookreview

Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS, 2nd Edition – Dynamic websites #programming #bookreview

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Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS, 2nd Edition Robin Nixon (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) Robin Nixon recently has updated and expanded his popular 2009 “step-by-step guide to creating dynamic websites.” The new edition has an added section that focuses on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), so the book “now covers all four of the most popular … Continue reading Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS, 2nd Edition – Dynamic websites #programming #bookreview

CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide – #programming #bookreview

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CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide Tim Juravich (Packt Publishing, paperback – Kindle) CouchDB and PHP can be a formidable team when used to create web applications.  “CouchDB is a database that completely embraces the web,” according to the Apache CouchDB website. Data is stored with JSON documents; documents can be accessed with a web … Continue reading CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide – #programming #bookreview

PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 5th Ed. – A popular how-to guide updated – #bookreview #in #php #programming

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PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 5th Edition Kevin Yank (SitePoint, paperback, list price $39.95; Kindle edition, list price $29.95) A key measure of a programming book’s usefulness and popularity is how many times it has been revised and reprinted. Kevin Yank’s book first was published in 2001 under a different title. Eleven years later, … Continue reading PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 5th Ed. – A popular how-to guide updated – #bookreview #in #php #programming

MongoDB and PHP – Document-oriented data for web developers – #bookreview #in #programming

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MongoDB and PHP By Steve Francia (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $19.99; Kindle edition, list price, $14.99) You can’t blame Steve Francia for being vocal in his praise for MongoDB®. He’s the chief solutions architect at 10gen, Inc., which develops and supports this well-respected document-oriented database. One consequence of the current, explosive growth of social media is … Continue reading MongoDB and PHP – Document-oriented data for web developers – #bookreview #in #programming