Books and appropriate software ?

[old.Swaroop]

Dear Friends,
Please specify appropriate books and softwares 4 the following:
1. Perl
2. Php
Please note that I know really NOTHING about them.
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Swaroop

 

[Tempy_Incursion]

Well apart from other tutorial-type books there's always the PHP manual what I use.

 

[old.Explosive23]

Core PHP Programming by Leon Atkinson

 

[old.Kez]

[Perl] [php] Look at amazon user reviews of a few books, see which strikes you as best.

(O'reilly books are good)

 

[old.Swaroop]

Software ?

Please do tell me the software to buy and download too !

 

[old.Kez]

Notepad?

Personally, I use Allaire (now owned by Macromedia) Homesite [!] as its a good medium between Notepad & having an open Browser while refreshing every so often. And it has shortcuts, and whatnot.

 

[old.Swaroop]

Re: Software ?

Originally posted by Swaroop
Please do tell me the software to buy and download too !

Oh.. is there some software 4 people who don' know php or perl and can make it by sort of wizards ???

 

[old.vbmot]

I don't think there is, b/c php and perl is not like html, that can be generated by wysiwyg. I always use EditPlus it's really good!
Good books are from O'Reilly's. Very useful for getting the right syntax.

 

[old.LeitMotif]

If you are looking to learn php and perl try picking up a 'Teach Yourself in 21 days / 24 hours' type book.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...0/sr=8-1/ref=sr_aps_b_1_1/202-3859354-3641417

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...63240/sr=1-2/ref=sr_sp_re/202-3859354-3641417

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...7/sr=8-1/ref=sr_aps_b_1_1/202-3859354-3641417

if you are looking for good reference on an Intermediate level then look at 'PHP Programming' from WROX, or the camel book ('Programming Perl') from O'reilly.

like everything in programming there is no substitution for learning things by hand, there are a variety of decent editors such as textpad (www.textpad.com) or UltraEdit (www.ultraedit.com).

if i was you, learn Perl first, then move to PHP, Perl is a more worthwhile language to learn at the moment for your cv, or skillset. It will also make the transition to PHP easier because the languages have similarities.

 

[Rubber Bullets]

I know nothing about these rpograms, but here is a great place to buy all PC related books. Good prices and very good delivery.

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[Tempy_Incursion]

Learn Perl first LOL!

PHPEdit (www.phpedit.com) is a pretty good editor though I just use notepad (or wordpad).

 

[old.LeitMotif]

"Learn Perl first LOL!"

ok then, do you want to elaborate on your comment?

 

[old.Explosive23]

Originally posted by LeitMotif
if i was you, learn Perl first, then move to PHP

FS!!

 

[old.Reverend Flatus]

Perl Cookbook by Tom Christiansen & Nathan Torkington published by O'Reilly.