Website Design and Development

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I'm looking to learn website design and development skills. This includes designing with css, scripting with php and using mysql...javascript, AJAX, and the other necessities. I have a base in marketing, and some basic html, css knowledge. But I'm really looking to get to the next level.

I have been taking some of the tutorials that I've found around the web. But most of them don't really offer hands-on learning. They all seem to teach the code, but not the application. I would love to find some tutorials that include detailed case studies. Like building an e-commerce site with php, or building a forum. Or something that teaches css, then says "change this html coded page to display like this using css...

I haven't found anything like it, and am hoping that someone can point me in the right direction. This can include paid online courses, books, or free courses and tutorials. Thanks a lot in advance.
 


To teach myself PHP I bought Sams "Teach yourself PHP in 24 hours"... Looked through the example code for things similar to what I was trying to make and checked
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
for functions I wasn't clear on.
 
Ive always found the best tutorial is to dive straight in and start playing around with code to see what it does... download a free source cms or forum and have a peek at the code
 
I'm with ozone - I learned pretty much everything I know about html/css, php/mysql by just diving in. I know what I want to happen with my code, and I trial/error and google until it works.

Granted, I'm probably not super-efficient or amazing, but I get the shit I want done.

- Q
 
katoved said:
Dont bother, just hire a firm like mine. You will save time, money, and get higher quality work then you could ever learn to produce on your own.
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Not a slap against your service, but just a comment in general. Even if you hire out services it is always a good idea to understand what is happening in the code.

You never know if you are getting a fair deal on your quotes if you do not know what they are doing. Over the summer I did some consulting for a bank and my boss (uneducated in the ways of a computer or coding) thought $23,000 sounded like a good price for a flash quiz and database to store the results. Something I later informed her I could do in a week and for a tenth of the cost.

In addition, if your relationship with the coder/company changes you might find yourself needing to do some code changes on your own or explaining to another company what was done and what still needs to be done. It always helps to have knowledge.

Apol
 
One thing you can't learn from diving in is best practice security. That's where I get hung up sometimes; I'm paranoid about someone hacking my shit.
 
Thanks for the responses. I definitely want to learn. I do hire out the work right now, and I will keep doing that. But I still want to know what's up, and be able to make quick changes if need be. I don't think it is very smart to be in this business and refuse to learn coding. I know it will take a while, but I think it is a must. I'm 23, I have plenty of time to learn new things.

So, any thoughts on the tutorials?
 
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