This class will focus on the server side of Web Development. Starting with studying server-side scripting using PHP, than learning how to organize data on the server by creating MySQL database and connecting to the database from PHP it will finally tie the client-side and the server-side together into a data rich website. Students will learn how to write server-side scripts, generate HTML code with PHP, finalize client-server data transmission and make it secure, construct and manipulate a database, create a professional login system, read files and more. Students will have plenty of exercises in class, will work on a large project and will have about 10 hours of homework.. Prerequisite: HTML & CSS Level 2 and JavaScript Developer, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
Required text: PHP and MySQL for Beginners. Mark Lassoff. ISBN: 978-0-9904-0201-5 and Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript: With jQuery, CSS & HTML5 by Roni Nixon ISBN: 978-1-4919-1866-1.