PHP Basics Course Introduction Svetlin Nakov Technical Trainer Software University

Table of Contents 1.Course Objectives 2.Course Program 3.Trainers Team 4.Examination 5.Learning Resources 2

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PHP Basics Course Objectives & Program

5 1.Course Introduction – Course Program, Exams, Trainers, Evaluation, Resources XAMPP/WAMP/LAMP, PHP IDEs – PHP, CGI, Web server, Running PHP Scripts PHP Syntax – Syntax, data types, variables, operators, expressions… 2.Working with Forms – GET, POST, query strings, escaping, input types, sessions.. 3.PHP Flow Control – Conditionals, loops, functions, exit, return, require, declare 4.Arrays, Strings and Objects – Arrays, associative arrays, strings, objects 5.Exam Preparation 6.Teamwork Defense 7.Practical Exam PHP Basics – Course Program

6  The “PHP Basics" course is NOT for absolute beginners  Take the "C# Basics" course at SoftUni first:  The course is for beginners, but requires previous coding skills  Requirements  Coding skills – entry level  Computer English – entry level  Logical thinking Warning: Not for Absolute Beginners

The Trainers Team

8  Svetlin Nakov, PhD  Training & Inspiration Software University  20+ years software development experience  10+ years experience as trainer  Author of 7 programming books  Speaker at hundreds of events  Web site & blog: Trainers Team

9  Teodor Kurtev  Software Software University  Top performing graduate from the Software Academy (2013)  Vladimir Georgiev  Software Software University  Top performing graduate from the Software Academy (2013) Trainers Team (2)

10  Vladislav Karamfilov  Game XS Software  Top performing graduate from the Software Academy (2013)  Volunteer Trainers  Top students from SoftUni  Will teach workshops and advanced topics Trainers Team (2)

11  10+ volunteer teaching assistants  Developers from the software industry  Scholarship students from SoftUni Volunteer Teaching Assistants

PHP Basics: More Details Duration, Languages, Technologies

13  Lectures: ~ 8 hours (onsite + YouTube videos)  Practical exercises (in class): ~ 8 hours  Homework: ~ hours  Team project: ~ hours  Exam preparation: 8 hours  Exam: 6 hours  Schedule: August 2014  Teamwork defense dates: 27 Aug 2014  Exam dates: 29, 31 Aug 2014 Training Duration – PHP Basics

14  Understand how the Web really works  PHP codes runs fast because it runs in its own memory space  You have thousands of PHP applications to choose from  Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, WordPress, Drupal, Joomla…  You can use PHP to extend existing applications  PHP is the most widely used server-side programming language.  PHP is open source (freely available for use)  PHP is platform independent  Supports all major web servers Why PHP?

15  Why the slides are in English?  English is the native language of the software engineers  Specific terminology should be in English  Translations are inaccurate and funny  Just learn English!  No excuses Why English?

PHP Basics Evaluation Criteria

17  Exam – 75 % (80% for online students)  Homework + evaluation – 5 % + 5 %  Team work: 10%  Presence in class: 5% (onsite students only)  Bonuses: up to 10 %  Assistant bonuses  Forum bonuses  Others Scoring System for the "PHP Basics"

18  4 practical problems for 5 hours  Loops – Input with forms  Strings – Input with forms, HTML output  Forms validation – Input with forms, JSON output  Associative arrays – JSON input, JSON output  You should code in PHP  Automated judge system with real-time feedback   Solutions are evaluated for correctness only  Code quality is still not measured PHP Practical Exam

19  Doing your homework is very important!  Programming can only be learned through a lot of practice!  You should write code every day!  Each lecture is followed by a few exercises  Try to solve them in class  The rest are your homework  Homework assignments are due in 1- 2 weeks after each lecture  Submission will be accepted through our web site: softuni.bgsoftuni.bg Homework Assignments

20  Give feedback to a few random homework submissions  Students submit homework anonymously  Please exclude your name from the submissions!  For each homework submitted  Students evaluate 3 random homeworks  From the same topic, after the deadline  Give written feedback, at least 200 characters  Low-quality feedback  report for punishment  Everyone will get feedback for their homework Homework Peer Reviews

Resources What We Need Additionally?

22  The PHP Basics official web site:  Register for the "Software University Forum":  Discuss the course exercises with your colleagues  Find solutions for all course exercises  Share source code / discuss ideas / help each other Course Web Site & Forums

23  All lecture slides, videos, homework assignments, projects and other resources are open content, available for free  Visit the course web site to access the course resources PHP Basics Slides and Videos

 PHP Official Site and Documentation   PHP Books  Programming PHP Programming PHP  PHP and MySQL Web Development PHP and MySQL Web Development  Beginning PHP5, Apache, MySQL Web Development Beginning PHP5, Apache, MySQL Web Development 24 PHP Resources

25  Software University Learning System (SULS)   Important resource for students  Homework submissions  Homework check-up  Exams and results  Reports about your progress  … Software University Learning System (SULS)

26  XAMPP / LAMP  PhpStorm  Aptana Studio / Eclipse  Netbeans Recommended Software

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License  This course (slides, examples, demos, videos, homework, etc.) is licensed under the "Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International" licenseCreative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 28  Attribution: this work may contain portions from  “PHP/MySQL" course by SoftUni under CC-BY-NC-SA licensePHP/MySQLCC-BY-NC-SA

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