This book/DVD bundle represents a $25 savings versus the cost of buying them separately. It consists of the book Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL, and Apache All in One and the video course Sams Teach Yourself PHP and MySQL: Video Learning Starter Kit. The Video Learning Starter Kit provides four hours of video training and lessons, along with all the source files and software -- PHP, MySQL and Apache -- the beginner needs to create and run the examples. Each 10-minute video lesson uses the same step-by-step learning structure that has proven so effective in all Sams Teach Yourself books - as well as the same clear and concise style, practical hands-on examples, and self-paced learning approach. The book combines the most popular open source web development tools into a complete book, packaged with one easy-to-use Starter Kit CD. The book teaches the reader to install, configure and set up PHP scripting language, the MySQL database system, and the Apache Web server. By the time users have watched the video lessons and completed the book they will understand how these technologies work, and more importantly, how they work together to create a dynamic web site...

Sams Teach Yourself Video Learning is the easiest way to learn a new technology.

• Self-Paced--Learn on your own time, at your own pace
• Visual--Video lessons clearly explain key concepts and show you exactly what to do
• Learn By Doing--Interactive, hands-on learning labs so you can apply what you learn right away
• Quick and Efficient--Each individual lesson is no longer than 10 minutes
• Modular--Bite-sized lessons let you jump in anywhere

In just 10 minutes or less, each short video lesson clearly explains key concepts, terms, and techniques. You can stop, start, pause, or replay any part of the video you want, as often as you want, until you really understand everything in the lesson. 

 

And then you get to try it yourself in a unique interactive learning lab that helps you begin to develop real live programs that you can use on your own website. 

 

After you’re done, take a quick, fun quiz to test what you’ve learned before going on to the next lesson.

 

Learn how to...

• Design and create eye-catching web pages
• Customize your pages with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Position images, columns, and headings on a page
• Format text, data tables, links, and media
• Publish your pages to a web server
• Create online forms
• Enhance your site with dynamic content

On the DVD...

• Four hours of video lessons with interactive labs and quizzes
•  A simple WYSIWYG web page editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux
• An easy-to-install package to set up a web server learning environment on your own computer
• The jEdit programming editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux
• Source files for all the examples and learning labs

 

How to Watch the Videos

 

All that’s needed to watch the video lessons in this kit is a basic computer equipped for DVDs and the web:

• A Windows, Mac, or Linux PC with a DVD drive that can read data DVDs.
• A web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari, or Mozilla Firefox.
• The Adobe Flash Player plugin, which allows you to view Flash videos in your browser. If you can watch videos on YouTube, you should be all set.

 

Once you’re sure you’ve got everything, you’re ready to get started:

1.   Insert the DVD from this package into your DVD drive on your computer.

Note: Make sure you’ve put the DVD in your computer’s DVD drive. The DVD will not run on a computer’s CD drive, nor will it work in a DVD player designed for plugging into a TV for watching movies.

2.   If the DVD main interface does not automatically start up, navigate to the DVD folder on your computer and double-click on the icon or file named Start (start.exe on Windows or start.app on Mac OS X).

3.   To watch the videos, choose the lesson you want to start with from the list of lessons on the left side of the window, and then click the Play button in the player window on the right side.

 

How to Use the Learning Labs and Take the Quizzes

After each video is complete, you can optionally work through the Learning Lab exercises and take a short (not too hard) quiz to help assess what you’ve learned in that lesson. The Learning Lab exercises in this course require you to create and save HTML and CSS files using a text or web page editor, which you can then view off your computer hard disk in a web browser.

 

The quizzes after the exercises are relatively short and painless. After you make your choice, the program will tell you immediately if you’re correct or wrong. Your answers are not stored or compiled, so you can take the quizzes as often as you like, and guessing won’t count against you.

 

Setting Up Your Learning Environment

The accompanying DVD contains a complete software toolkit with everything you’ll need to complete the course’s examples.

You can install this software by clicking the Install Software and Support link on the opening screen of the DVD’s main interface, or by navigating to the DVD in your computer’s file browser and running the file named Software (Software.exe in Windows or Software.app in Mac OS X).

 

Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS Video Learning is organized into four parts. Each part has six lessons, and each lesson is designed to be completed in 10 minutes or less.

 

 

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Sams Teach Yourself PHP and MySQL® Video Learning Starter Kit

 

• Four Hours of Interactive Video Training
• PHP & MySQL Software Starter Pack for Windows and Mac OS X

 

Sams Teach Yourself Video Learning is the easiest way to learn a new technology.

 

Self-Paced–Learn on your own time, at your own pace

 

Visual–Video lessons clearly explain key concepts and show you exactly what to do

 

Learn By Doing–Interactive, hands-on learning labs so you can apply what you learn right away

 

Quick and Efficient–Each individual lesson is no longer than 10 minutes

 

Modular–Bite-sized lessons let you jump in anywhere

 

In just ten minutes or less, each short video lesson clearly explains key concepts, terms, and techniques.

 

You can stop, start, pause, or replay any part of the video you want, as often as you want, until you really understand everything in the lesson.

 

And then you get to try it yourself in a unique interactive learning lab that helps you develop real live programs.

 

After you’re done, take a quick, fun quiz to test what you’ve learned before going on to the next lesson.

 

Learn how to…

• Install and configure PHP and MySQL on your computer
• Create PHP scripts for your website
• Work with forms and files
• Access information in databases
• Authenticate and track users with cookies and sessions
• Set up a secure web server

 

On the DVD…

• Four hours of video lessons with interactive labs and quizzes
• PHP, MySQL, and Apache for Windows and Mac OS X–an easy-to-install package to set up a safe learning environment
• Work files for all the learning labs
• Sams Teach Yourself PHP tutorial in searchable PDF format
• The jEdit programming editor for Windows and Mac OS X

 

All the contents of the PHP and MySQL Video Learning Starter Kit are accessible on any DVD-equipped Windows or Mac OS X computer:

     1)   Insert DVD into your computer’s DVD drive

     2)   Navigate to the DVD folder and double-click on the Start icon or file

 

$39.99 USA / $47.99 CAN / £25.99 Net UK¿

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Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript and Ajax Video Learning Starter Kit

 

. Four hours of Interactive Video Training

. Ajax and JavaScript Software Starter Pack for Windows and Mac OS X(

 

The easiest way to learn a new technology

 

Sams Teach Yourself Video Learning is the easiest way to learn a new technology.

     .    Self-Paced–Learn on your own time, at your own pace

     .    Visual–Video lessons clearly explain key concepts and show you exactly what to do

     .    Learn By Doing–Interactive, hands-on learning labs so you can apply what you learn right away

     .    Quick and Efficient–Each individual lesson is no longer than 10 minutes

     .    Modular–Bite-sized lessons let you jump in anywhere

 

In just ten minutes or less, each short video lesson clearly explains key concepts, terms, and techniques.

You can stop, start, pause, or replay any part of the video you want, as often as you want, until you really understand everything in the lesson.

 

And then you get to try it yourself in a unique interactive learning lab that helps you to develop real live programs.

 

After you’re done, take a quick, fun quiz to test what you’ve learned before going on to the next lesson.

 

Learn how to…

     .    Use JavaScript to build dynamic, interactive web pages

     .    Build better, more interactive interfaces for your web applications

     .    Verify web-based forms

     .    Control CSS with simple JavaScript

     .    Add Ajax effects to your web pages

     .    Use popular Ajax libraries to

speed up and improve common programming tasks

 

On the DVD…

     .    Four hours of video lessons with interactive labs and quizzes

     .    XAMPP for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux–an easy-to-install package to set up a web server learning environment on your own computer

     .    The jEdit programming editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux

     .    Prototype, Scriptaculous, Rico,

and XOAD–popular JavaScript libraries for creating Ajax applications and effects

     .    Source code files for all the

learning labs

 

How to Watch the Videos

All that’s needed to watch the video lessons in this kit is a basic computer equipped for DVDs and the web:

     .    A Windows, Mac, or Linux PC with a DVD drive that can read data DVDs.

     .    A web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari, or Mozilla Firefox.

     .    The Adobe Flash Player plugin, which allows you to view Flash videos in your browser. If you can watch videos on YouTube, you should be all set.

 

Once you’re sure you’ve got everything, you’re ready to get started:

     1.   Insert the DVD from this package into your DVD drive on your computer.

Note: Make sure you’ve put the DVD in your computer’s DVD drive. The DVD will not run on a computer’s CD drive. Nor will it work in a DVD player designed for plugging into a TV for watching movies.

     2.   If the DVD main interface does not automatically start up, navigate to the DVD folder on your computer and double-click on the icon or file named Start (start.exe on Windows or start.app on Mac OS X).

     3.   To watch the videos, choose the lesson you want to start with from the list of lessons on the left side of the window, and then click on the play button in the player window on the right side.

 

How to Use the Learning Labs and Take the Quizzes

After each video is complete you can optionally work through the Learning Lab exercises and take a short (not too hard) quiz to help assess what you’ve learned in that lesson.

The Learning Lab exercises in this course require you to set up a web server learning environment either at a web hosting service or on your own computer (detailed instructions are on the DVD).

 

The quizzes after the exercises are relatively short and painless. After you make your choice, the program will tell you immediately if you’re right or wrong. Your answers are not stored or compiled, so you can take the quizzes as often as you like, and guessing won’t count against you.

 

Setting up Your Learning Environment

The accompanying DVD contains a complete software toolkit with everything you’ll need to complete the course’s examples.

 

You can install this software by clicking on the Install Software and Support link on the opening screen of the DVD’s main interface or by navigating to the DVD in your computer’s file browser and running the file named Software (Software.exe in Windows or Software.app in Mac OS X).

 

The Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript and Ajax Video Learning course is organized into 24 lessons, each designed to be completed in 10 minutes or less.

 

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This book/DVD bundle represents a $30 savings versus the cost of buying them separately. It consists of the book Sams Teach Yourself Ajax, JavaScript, and PHP All in One and the video course Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript and Ajax: Video Learning Starter Kit. The Video Learning Starter Kit provides four hours of video training and lessons, along with all the source files and software the beginner needs to create and run the examples. Each 10-minute video lesson uses the same step-by-step learning structure that has proven so effective in all Sams Teach Yourself books - as well as the same clear and concise style, practical hands-on examples, and self-paced learning approach. The book combines the hottest web development technologies into one clearly written, step-by-step tutorial, packaged with an easy-to-use CD packed with all the software tools, libraries and source files a reader needs to develop their own applications. By the end of this book/video the user will understand how these technologies work, and more importantly, how they work together to create dynamic web applications. After working through the book's and video's lessons the reader will be able to confidently create basic, but professional-looking Ajax applications to enhance and improve any web site...

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Ubuntu Linux has rapidly emerged as the world's #1 Linux distribution for desktop users. Only one thing's missing: a package that makes it easy for you to install Ubuntu and quickly get productive with it. That's exactly what The Ubuntu Linux Starter Kit offers. You get: " An easy, friendly Quick Start guide that covers everything they need to get up and running with Ubuntu " A comprehensive, authoritative Ubuntu reference guide on DVD in conveniently searchable electronic format " The newest Ubuntu distribution, complete with the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, Firefox web browser, Thunderbird email software, and much more The Ubuntu Linux Starter Kit walks you step-by-step through installing, upgrading, configuring, and using Ubuntu. It covers both Ubuntu graphical desktops, all the tasks you need to manage their Ubuntu systems, network them, and connect them securely to the Internet. It also offers step-by-step guidance for using each of Ubuntu's leading productivity tools, including OpenOffice.org, Firefox, and Thunderbird....