Where do I go from here?
Lab: PHP 101: Gentle Introduction to WordPress Programming
Video Runtime: 05:33
Throughout this lab, you were introduced ever so gently to PHP programming and how WordPress uses it. You looked at the basic concepts and constructs in the language. Then you wrote some code to see it work for yourself. Then you went into WordPress Core, Genesis framework, and two different themes to see it in action. Whew, that’s a lot to take in.
Where do you go from here then?
That depends upon your professional goals. What do you want to do? If you want to learn more about PHP, go to the PHP Mastery Library. If you want to learn more WordPress, check out the WordPress fundamentals library where you’ll learn about post types, taxonomies, custom fields, hook events, and more.
And then as you grow, you can do more and more labs here. You’ll build themes and plugins while you learn. That’s the secret sauce here: build as you learn.
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Episodes
Total Lab Runtime: 03:21:32
- 1 Lab Introductionfree 11:37
- 2 What is PHP? Why use it?free 17:49
- 3 Why and how does WordPress use PHP?free 07:33
- 4 Syntax Basicsfree 18:34
- 5 What's the deal with Variables?free 27:05
- 6 Break Up Code into Logical Partsfree 07:55
- 7 Subroutines - Behold the functionfree 14:11
- 8 Loading Files to Runfree 13:20
- 9 To Run or Not to Run - Making Decisionsfree 19:07
- 10 Sequencing - Yup, code runs in orderfree 06:16
- 11 Repeating code using Loopsfree 13:57
- 12 Building Strings with Dots and Variablesfree 15:10
- 13 What's the deal with scope?free 08:34
- 14 Naming Stufffree 06:18
- 15 Putting it All Togetherfree 08:33
- 16 Where do I go from here?free 05:33
