Janet Valade

Janet Valade is the author of PHP & MySQL For Dummies. In addition, she has authored and revised chapters for several Linux books and for a Webmaster certification book.
Janet Valade has 20 years experience in the computing field. She worked as a Web designer/programmer for an engineering firm. Prior to that, Janet worked for several years in a university environment as a systems analyst. During her tenure, she supervised the installation and operation of computing resources, designed and developed a data archive, provided technical support for faculty and students, wrote numerous technical papers, and developed and presented seminars and workshops on a variety of technology topics.

General Programming & Web Design

PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, & HTML5 All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-15-2022

Create web documents and websites by knowing basic HTML elements, PHP statements and functions, and more. Become familiar with these special programming languages, which you can use to build dynamic websites that work with the MySQL database.Basic HTML elementsHyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the language of the web, where elements dictate the formatting and style of your content.

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Setting Up Your Computer for PHP and MySQL Web Site Development

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

To use your local computer to develop your Web site, you must install a Web server, PHP, and MySQL. PHP and MySQL are free to download and use. Installing the Web server After you set up the computer, you need to install a Web server. Your first step is deciding which Web server to install. The answer is almost always Apache, which offers the following advantages: It's free.

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SQL

Building SQL Queries

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

SQL is almost English; it's made up largely of English words, put together into strings of words that sound similar to English sentences. In general (fortunately), you don't need to understand any arcane technical language to write SQL queries that work. The first word of each query is its name, which is an action word (a verb) that tells MySQL what you want to do.

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PHP

PHP and MySQL For Dummies

Shows Web developers how to use two popular open source technologies, the PHP scripting language and MySQL database, to build Web database applications This updated edition covers changes in PHP 5 and the latest version of MySQL, including programming techniques for the new PHP default setting, methods for ha

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PHP

PHP 5 For Dummies

Covers the latest major release of PHP, the most popular open source Web scripting language, in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style PHP is installed on nearly nine million servers, and usage has grown at the rate of 6.5 percent per month for the past two years PHP is easy to learn, well suited