Hillhacks

A Workshop by James Walker, plus anyone else who knows PHP, at Unconference

Learn the basics of PHP programming.

This is an introduction to the basics of PHP programming for Web pages, by someone who writes and maintains real code on live websites.

Whether you are a Web user or a Web developer, it can be helpful to have an idea how things work.

PHP is a “server-side programming language”. That is, it runs on a computer where a web server is installed. So we will follow the tutorial at W3Schools.com which requires nothing installed on our computer, and no signup.

Coding is *not* “easy”. It is not “fun” – except for a very different idea of “fun”. (I love it and have a lot of fun, myself.) This is a chance to find out if you might actually like it before you commit yourself to an expensive education … and a living hell in some job. :D

• Bring:**
  

Your good brain.
Your laptop with Internet connection. OR your laptop with Apache/PHP installed, and a good text editor.

• Links:**
  

http://www.w3schools.com/php/
http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/php
http://www.tibetangeeks.com/technologies/programming/php/1-php-learning_begin-links.html
http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/24/dont-believe-anyone-who-tells-you-learning-to-code-is-easy/
http://www.tibetangeeks.com/technologies/programming/php/formatting_your_code.html

More:
I'm happy to get together with anyone who wants to know more of what i have about PHP.

James Walker
Cyberwallah to Tibet
http://geekroom.tibetangeeks.com
https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpwalker
I build Web. Not apps. Not interfaces. Not designs. Web.

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