Re: Seeking recommendations: LAMP books, tutorials, etc.
Subject:Re: Seeking recommendations: LAMP books, tutorials, etc. From:"Richard Smith" <radvas -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:18:08 -0700
Hi Kate,
First off, I usually associate the "P" in LAMP with PHP, not perl. Though it
could well mean both. Are you definitely using perl and not PHP?
Second, LAMP is a means to an end; that is a framework within which one
could develop a web application. I'd focus more on what the goal is rather
than the environment. Think of it like this... if you wanted to write a
tecnhical manual for sailing, you wouldn't focus on the tecnhologies of
water, wind, and nylon.
Third, letter by letter, Linux, Apache, mySQL, and (PHP|Perl|Pear..) are
each as complex or involved as you want them to be.
Linux is a complex subject that in the context of building a web application
or framework, you can almost completely ignore. You don't need to know a lot
about Linux to make a web app function since the web app code should (in
theory) execute on the server and be reasonably abstracted so that it runs
on a variety of server-host-OSes and versions. If you do need something, the
linux documentation project is a good start.
Apache: I think there is no better way to learn Apache than by doing. It's a
fairly straightforward application with a fairly narrow functional purpose.
You can get an apache server running in very short order, and withing a few
days of tinkering with modules, virtual hosts, and configs, you'll
practically be an expert. The apache website has excellent documentation.
mySQL is a bit more involved because there are two layers: you need to
understand relational database servers and SQL, then you need to understand
implementation details and commands for mySQL. I have a book at home that
covers both pretty well. It's a bit dated, and I don't recall the title &
author, but I'll post up later today when I get home.
The "P"... there are many good documents available, but it heavily depends
on which "P" you are really after. The Perl Cookbook is also very useful if
your P is Perl. I'm not keyed into PHP enough to recommend anything.
--
Richard S.
From: "Kate Kembel" <kate -dot- kembel -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Am now steeping myself in LAMP
> stuff for the new job.
>
> Any resource recommendations, print or online or otherwise? I have these:
>
> Linux for Programmers and Users (Ables Glass)
> Learning Perl (O'Reilly)
> Programming Web Services with Perl
> Web Development with Apache and Perl
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