The technologies that led to an explosion of interactive websites — PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS — are still as popular today, and a non-programmer can master them quickly. In this interview, Robin Nixon (@robinfnixon), the author of Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS, describes the value of each technology. Main topics include:
- How fast can a non-programmer learn to program for the Web? [Discussed four seconds in]
- The continuing value of PHP. [Discussed at the 1:20 mark]
- CSS for sites with different screen sizes. [Discussed at the 3:00 mark]
- The learning curve for a relational database. [Discussed at the 4:20 mark]
- What’s necessary to know about JavaScript. [Discussed at the 5:24 mark]
- How the software in the book all fits together. [Discussed at the 7:00 mark]
You can view the entire conversation in the following video:
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