Basic PHP Development with Bootstrap, GitHub and Heroku

Overview

This course is designed to equip students with the basic knowledge on how PHP works with HTML and CSS. It equips students with the fundamentals of PHP programming, teaches them about the benefits of using source control and ultimately allows you to publish your finished website to the internet.

Why Learn PHP

PHP was designed to make web development easier, and many beginners find it effortless to pick up and get started with. In fact, PHP code was so easy to pick up, many non-programmers end up being able to hack PHP code together without truly understanding the code.

The top 5 reasons to learn PHP are:

1. Beginner Friendliness

2. Designed to Scale

3. Active Support Community

4. Career Opportunities

5. Future

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Understand the PHP Application Flow

• Understand how to use:

  • Variables

  • Print Statements

  • Arrays

  • Date/Time and String Manipulation

  • Functions

  • Loops

  • Decision Statements

• Understand Bootstrap 4 CSS Framework

• Use Visual Studio Code Efficiently

• Deploy using Heroku Hosting

• Manage Projects with GitHub