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ThemeShaper Forums Tag: book http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Sun, 19 May 2013 21:27:28 +0000 travismallen on "self teaching php, recommend a good book?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/self-teaching-php-recommend-a-good-book#post-8584 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:16:11 +0000 travismallen 8584@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I have a little programming experience, so if you know your way around basic programming methodology and need to learn detailed syntax I like O'Reilly PHP 5. I cover more than just web application, and you go cover to cover, you'll definitely be well beyond a copy paster. Once you have the basics, you can use more reference oriented books like "cook books" which will give you more advanced and clean coding examples. theorib on "self teaching php, recommend a good book?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/self-teaching-php-recommend-a-good-book#post-8576 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:37:47 +0000 theorib 8576@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hey tod7, I'm a total novice myself and bought "HTML, XHTML, and CSS All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies" Though the title doesn't says, it will teach you fundamentals of javascript, php and even mySQL. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/HTML-XHTML-Reference-Dummies-Computer/dp/0470186275/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261413377&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/HTML-XHTML-Reference-Dummies-Computer/dp/0470186275/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261413377&sr=8-1</a> It surely helped and it's fun reading... t. tod7 on "self teaching php, recommend a good book?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/self-teaching-php-recommend-a-good-book#post-8558 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:36:24 +0000 tod7 8558@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ (This is particularly aimed at Ian Stewart; also open to anyone in-the-know.) I've been reading 'CSS Mastery' by Andy Budd. -great book, learning alot. My goal has been to learn html and CSS, then php. Now I'm ready to learn the mechanics of wordpress, theme templates & php... ...not just cut and paste code, but actually understand the php language. Know of an outstanding, one-source book?