I haven’t posted any recommendations for products on this blog in a long time but I wanted to be sure to mention an online PHP Training course that I was shown today by Edward Tanguay.
I was first introduced to Edward Tanguay by his brother, Pete Tanguay, CEO of Rock-Pond Solutions. In addition to being good friends, Pete and I have several things going on together and whenever we get together to discuss these projects, the topic of web development always comes up.
Pete is always telling me about new and interesting projects that his brother is working on in Germany so when I discovered Edward on Twitter, I decided to follow him, his twitter name is @edward_tanguay. This evening Pete sent me a link to some online training videos that Edward had released that I want to recommend to my web developer readers. Here’s some info:
PHP 5.3: Advanced Web Application Programming
Learn the nuts and bolts of advanced web application programming! Join Edward Tanguay as he dives into PHP programming. In his workshop, you will learn that it only takes a few minutes to get an Apache web server, a MySQL database, PHP 5.3, and the Eclipse editor up and running using the free XAMPP installation tool. Edward will then cover the PHP syntax, such as operators, loops and variables, before moving on to make you a PHP expert, tackling object orientation, databases, XML parsing, web services, security and much more. The training also includes important new features of PHP 5.3, such as namespaces, lambdas, and late static binding. Once you complete this video training, you will have the skills you need to build next-generation dynamic websites.
If you are interested in purchasing this online training video for $39.95, you may do so by visiting: http://www.video2brain.com/en/products-17.htm#/content?t=2. There are also some preview chapters to the series available at this link. As a programmer I can appreciate the clarity and thought that went into putting together these videos. Here’s a little bit of information about Edward if you are interested:
Edward Tanguay: Website & Software Developer, Instructor
Edward Tanguay grew up in Colorado, U.S.A., where he wrote his first computer program on an Apple II Plus in 1983. Shortly after that, he and his brother founded a software startup, where Edward programmed in dBase II and Clipper for clients in the hospital and investment bank industries. When their successful company was acquired by a consulting firm, Edward decided to pursue his passions and dreams, i.e. study philosophy, learn foreign languages, and live and work in Europe!
Thanks to the excitement of the World Wide Web, Edward got back into programming in the 1990s, this time focusing on database-driven web applications based on CGI/Perl, HTML and JavaScript. Just as the dot-com boom got underway, he began working for startup companies in Berlin, where he improved and adapted his programming skills to the web: PHP/MySQL, ASP/Access and later XML/XSLT. At the same time, he held IT workshops at the Berlin-based Humboldt University, Free University and Technical University and wrote online articles on upcoming technology for webdevelopersjournal.com.
In 2002, he worked as a consultant for Microsoft Germany and gained experience working in large teams on enterprise projects, where he acquired knowledge of the .NET platform, C#, SQL Server as well as the intricacies of object-oriented programming and design.
He is currently working as a .NET Developer in Berlin and juggling numerous PHP projects, including his own open-source PHP framework named Datapod. http://www.tanguay.info
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