Linux Users of Victoria, Inc.

LUV Beginner's Workshop from 12 noon until 4pm on June 19.

The talk at 1pm will be Introduction to PHP by Kathy Reid.

In the general workshop format we intend to cover things like:

• How should you partition your machine? Should you use LVM?
• installing various linux distributions;
• tweaking and configuring your system;
• automatic backups;
• home networking, including wireless;
• setting up specific applications;
• using specific applications;
• the Linux problem you're having

Introduction to PHP by Kathy Reid

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is a powerful, open source scripting language that can be used to develop dynamic websites. This introductory level workshop is aimed at people who are interested in learning more about web development.

No programming background is assumed, but familiarity with the internet and HTML is.

The workshop will cover;

• The difference between HTML and PHP
• Why to choose PHP as a scripting language
• The HTTP request response lifecycle (or 'how web servers work')
• Basic statements in PHP
• An overview of procedural programming in PHP
• How PHP works with the MySQL database
• An overview of commonly used PHP-based tools such as WordPress and Drupal and how to go about installing them
• Using your web hosting provider's control panel to install PHP based tools
• How to troubleshoot errors you might encounter
• Where to go next to learn more about PHP

Kathy works full time for the IT Division of a regional university in the area of service improvement, and assists with the global PHPWomen group aimed at helping females learn and master PHP. She is passionate about freedom, technology and education, loves knitting and hates cats. She is @KathyReid on Twitter, Identi.ca, Facebook etc.