PHP 101: PHP For the Absolute Beginner

PHP 101: PHP For the Absolute Beginner

This area is intended for everyone new to PHP. It opens with a series of informal, entertaining tutorials written by Vikram Vaswani, founder and CEO of Melonfire. These tutorials build on a previously-published 5-part series which has now been updated and extended to embrace PHP 5, making parts of it suitable for those of you who already have worked with PHP 4 in the past.

Tutorial by Vikram Vaswani.

If you came here to learn about elementary PHP 4 or basic PHP 5, this is for you. Enjoy!

PHP 101 (part 1): Down the Rabbit Hole [July 17, 2004]
An introduction to PHP’s variables and operators.

PHP 101 (part 2): Calling All Operators [July 18, 2004]
The rest of the PHP operators (there are many), and simple form processing.

PHP 101 (PART 3): Looping the Loop [July 19, 2004]
Basic control structures explained.

PHP 101 (PART 4): The Food Factor [July 20, 2004]
Arrays, PHP array functions, and what it all means.

PHP 101 (PART 5): Rank and File [July 21, 2004]
Everything you’re ever likely to need to know about dealing with external files from a PHP script.

PHP 101 (PART 6): Functionally Yours [July 28, 2004]
All about functions, arguments, passing by reference, globals and scope.

PHP 101 (PART 7): The Bear Necessities [August 07, 2004]
A gentle introduction to object oriented programming in PHP 4 and PHP 5.

PHP 101 (PART 8): Databases and Other Animals [August 31, 2004]
All about connecting to a MySQL database from PHP, using the mysql or mysqli extensions.

PHP 101 (PART 9): SQLite My Fire! [September 16, 2004]
Introducing another database: SQLite.

PHP 101 (part 10): A Session In The Cookie Jar [October 3, 2004]
Sessions and cookies – how to keep track of visitors to your site.

PHP 101 (part 11): Sinfully Simple [October 3, 2004]
An introduction to PHP’s easiest method for dealing with XML.

PHP 101 (part 12): Bugging Out [January 30, 2005]
Basic error handling.

PHP 101 (part 13): The Trashman Cometh [February 27, 2005]
A primer in basic security.

PHP 101 (part 14): Going to the Polls [March 8, 2005]
Putting the pieces together – a first Web application.

PHP 101 (part 15): No News is Good News [June 4, 2005]
Creating a simple RSS news aggregator.

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Learning JavaFX - Links

Learning JavaFX - Links

An Introduction of JavaFX Script to Java Programmers (Part 1)
By Robert Eckstein and the Authors of the JavaFX Programming Language Reference, July 2007
JavaFX Script is a highly productive scripting language that enables content developers to create rich media and content for deployment on Java environments. This article, aimed at traditional Java developers, is a brief but thorough introduction to Sun's exciting new technology.

JavaFX Pad - A JNLP that starts the JavaFX Pad application, wuhich will allow yo to iteratively enter JavaFX code and watch the results at the same time.

OpenJFX Website - The Official Site for JavaFX Technology.

Getting started with the JavaFX Script for Swing Programmers - This tutorial shows you how to use the graphical widgets present in the JavaFX scripting language. Because many of these widgets map directly to the underlying Swing components, those who are familiar with programming Swing will be able to read quickly through this document.

JavaFX Script 2D Graphics Tutorial - Similar to JavaFX Pad, this JNLP will help you learn to use the 2D graphics functionality inside JavaFX technology.

The JavaFX Script Programming Language Reference - The official reference of JavaFX.

Sun's Java Tutorials - From the Source

The Java Tutorials are practical guides for programmers who want to use the Java programming language to create applications. They include hundreds of complete, working examples, and dozens of lessons. Groups of related lessons are organized into "trails".

For the most up-to-date version, see http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial.

The Java Tutorials describe features that are new for Java SE 6. For best results, download JDK 6.

Check out the NEW Java Tutorials' Blog!

> Sun's Java Tutorials