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Hello,

 

It's time for me to step up my game.  I know the "design" end of websites, but I'm really looking to get into the guts of programming with php/mysql.  I'm looking for a reputable online course I could take to teach me all I need to know to be dangerous (including e-commerce).  I'm fine with spending money for a course.  I did the basic google search, and quite a few courses came up - all with varying costs, and I'm unable to find any reviews from students on how great the classes were to them.  I don't want "tutorials", I want a full on course.

 

Any help you can give would be great.  Maybe if you could tell me how you learned what you know, and from where... etc etc.  If you took an online class, your review would be very much appreciated.

 

Thanks a bunch.

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IMO, you should be able to get all the info you need without having to pay anything. It's not all about learning, but about experience as well, remember that.

 

w3schools is a good / free service that teaches you the basics, hotscripts provides alot of example code for you to look at, and the php freaks forum can help you out elsewhere.

 

 

ILMV

Hi mate,

 

i think you'll find that 90% of people on php freaks infact did not learn through any course. most i believe are self taught.

 

anyway just to let you know the way i learnt was i decided on a project i wanted to end up with.

 

i then broke it down lets say i choose a forum

 

so i needed to learn sql for a start,

 

so i went and learned the basics, select, insert, alter, update ect

 

next i thought ok now what do i need.

 

i basically continued from there and researched things as i went.

 

thats how i learnt php anyway.

In my opinion I learn best from reading online tutorials, books, etc. I don't think I'd personally benefit from an online course, but everyone differs in their learning - take an online learning style quiz if you're not sure of yours. I've never take a web development course / lesson in my life, yet I work as a web developer.

 

I think with the scale of information you need to learn in order to become a confident web developer - capable of setting up such e-commerce and complex systems - I don't think there's any quick route into it. Takes time to simply get the massive amount of information in your head; to learn the syntax, logic, functions, etc. So whichever option you choose it will be a long process.. But online resources are free!

 

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