Angry Frog

Learning PHP and/or Laravel?

Every so often I come across a video, and in turn a teacher, who does such a remarkable job of teaching a difficult subject in ways which we all understand, that I feel it is my duty to let everyone know and appreciate just what a fine job they are doing.

Setp forwward Jeffrey Way. Jeffrey, from Orlando, is the creator of Laracasts. Laracasts is an endless collection of coding courses, interactive exams, and a community that’s second to none. And if you are not in a hurry to part with your hard earned cash, many of their tutorials are available online for free, either on their website, or on Youtube (just check out https://www.youtube.com/@laracastsofficial).

I love Jeffrey’s style of teaching. He immediately puts you at ease, explains things in practical interesting ways that make sense and is funny to boot. His courses are well planned out, often teaching things in such a way and order that future lessons just make sense. He doesn’t skip over things like other tutorials and books do, that immediately make you lose you way.

I’ve been using PHP for many years but have never taken it to the next level. Laravel is the next level! Laravel is an easy-to-use web framework that will help you create extensible PHP-based websites and web applications at scale. Before creating a web app or website, you need to make a foundational decision as to what technology you are going to use. I’d definitely recommend Laravel.

If you are learning Python, then another great teacher is Dr. David J. Malan – his Python video here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLRL_NcnK-4 is an amazing place to get started. David Jay Malan is an American computer scientist and professor. Malan is a Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, and is best known for teaching the course CS50.

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