Introduction to PHP and MySQL

This course meets for 4 total sessions as follows:

• Session 1, 2/14 from 1pm-3pm

• Session 2, 2/21 from 1pm-3pm

• Session 3, 2/28 from 1pm-3pm

• Session 4, 3/7 from 1pm-3pm

The one-time class fee covers all four class sessions.

PHP was one of the first and still is the most popular language on the web for building dynamic websites without having to compile code. As a server-side language, PHP allows authors to retrieve data from any database, manipulate it, and display it on the web, enabling users to interact with it. To date, PHP powers millions of websites including Facebook, Etsy, and the most popular CMS applications, like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal.

This course is an introduction to PHP meant for budding programmers. We we cover PHP syntax, basic server-side concepts, and MySQL. A familiarity with basic HTML and CSS is required.

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with basic HTML and CSS.

Instructor: Suzette Franck
Teaching Assistants: Valerie Woolard (2/28 only), Kim Fox (2/21 and 3/7)

About Suzette Franck

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Suzette Franck has been in web development for over twenty years; she started making hand-coded HTML websites on geocities with font tags and tables back in 1995. Since then, she has taught herself CSS, Sass, PHP, MySQL, as well as becoming a WordPress expert; evangelizing and presenting at over twenty-two WordCamps across the country and multiple WordPress meetups in Southern California where she resides, about all aspects of building and maintaining sites on WordPress.

Suzette is passionate about WordPress the application as well as the WordPress Open Source Community, and loves to code and teach others the wonders of WordPress. She is a purveyor of lowbrow art, and when she is not WordPressing, she is painting or visiting Los Angeles art galleries to add more work to her growing art collection.

To see some of her personal art and crafts, please go to:http://suzettefranck.me (http://suzettefranck.me/)

If fewer than 8 students register for this workshop, we may postpone or cancel it. In that event, a refund or class credit will be available to all students who have paid to attend.

What to bring

Please bring a laptop* and charger to class. Power outlets and wifi will be provided. You may also wish to bring a notepad and pen/pencil for taking notes.

• No laptop? We have a limited number of laptops we can loan to students during class. Please fill out our Laptop Request form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-HHF9IB2VlYVRivz5Zn7LwkjQAYkJLZsuW0YM4hh60U/viewform)to let us know you need to borrow one!

Scholarships

Unemployed or in financial distress and interested in taking this workshop? Apply for a GDI scholarship (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1f2g2p-eK0X-sAwi8oFZwBOOYAi8j_MfHT6MrhCG6M0Y/viewform).

Questions?

We're here to help! If you have any questions or anything you'd like to discuss before signing up for class, please contact us at losangeles [at] girldevelopit dot com.

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All attendees are expected to abide by the Girl Develop It Code of Conduct (http://www.girldevelopit.com/codeofconduct).