Learning PHP, MySQL and JavaScript: With jQuery, CSS and HTML5 (5th Edition)

Build interactive, data-driven websites with the potent combination of open source technologies and web standards, even if you have only basic HTML knowledge. In this update to “Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript: With jQuery, CSS & HTML5 5th edition” (PDF), a popular hands-on guide, you’ll tackle dynamic web programming with the latest versions of today’s core technologies: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, and key jQuery libraries.

Web designers and developers will learn how to use these technologies together and pick up valuable web programming practices along the way — including, but not limited to how to optimize websites for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. At the end of the ebook, you’ll put everything together to build a fully functional social networking site suitable for both desktop and mobile browsers.

• Reformat your websites into mobile web apps
• Style your web pages by acquiring CSS3 and CSS2 skills
• Explore MySQL, from database structure to complex queries
• Use Ajax calls for background browser-server communication
• Use the MySQLi extension, PHP’s improved MySQL interface
• Create dynamic PHP web pages that tailor themselves to the user
• Manage cookies and sessions and maintain a high level of security
• Enhance the JavaScript language with jQuery and jQuery mobile libraries
• Implement HTML5 features, including geolocation, audio, video, and the canvas element