The CodePanic Server Side Master Class

WHAT IS THIS SERIES ABOUT AND WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT?

This Server Side Master Class series requires a prerequisite intermediate knowledge of HTML5 (including forms) and at least a beginners knowledge of CSS3 and Javascript. Familiarity with jQuery is also helpful but not required.

Each and every application designed and built has a unique combination of requirements, functions, interfaces, security concerns, data stores, and expandabilities. This makes the art of application development both fluid and nuanced.

This means that you, as a designer and developer, have to be adaptable, intuitive, and innovative – but can those traits be learned?

The goal of the CodePanic Master Classes is to expand your understanding of why things work so that you have the intuition to decide what will work best for your goal. There are many ways to design and construct an application – some of them will work well and some of them will not – it depends on the situation (assuming of course that it's not just bad code.)

The CodePanic Server-Side Master Class takes a top-down, philosophical approach to web application construction and building. In each lesson I discuss the relevant topic concepts, where they fit into the grand scheme, how they are important, how they can be used, and – crucially – why they work or don't work.

Topics are grouped by concepts and uses and are explored in depth. We consider a goal, something we want to create, then discuss how to get there by talking about the abilities, pros, and cons of each code topic as a possible solution, adding layers of complexity to observe the changes.

These methodical discussions allow us to understand what we need, why we need it, and how to best achieve it.

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HOW LONG DOES THIS TAKE?

There is simply no reason to learn the PHP books cover to cover. That's what I did back in the day, and not only did it take ages, but I've since found from experience that much of what I spent my time learning, I never use.

So, while the Server-Side Master Class does indeed comprise a wide range of subjects, I have used my 18+ years of experience to sift through the subjects and eliminate the unnecessary so that we can concentrate specifically on those topics that you will actually be using as a web application developer.

This eliminates just over one-third of the content in the PHP books, gets down to essentials faster, and gets you up and coding in considerably less time.

At the end of each lesson block, usually once per week *1, we'll all connect for a live video conference (via Zoom,) to discuss the concepts, work through real world examples, and go over points of confusion. Each conference includes a Q&A session where I answer your pre-submitted questions.

And best of all, we have a lot of fun.

The Server-Side Master Class includes a 12 week subscription to the live Q&A sessions (see the LIVE SESSIONS page for more details.) You'll soon be able to add additional live sessions via subscription; If you'd like to be notified when that is available, sign up for the CodePanic Newsletter.

WHAT WILL I BE ABLE TO DO WHEN I'M FINISHED?

By the end of the Server Side Mastery Series (and assuming that you are skilled in the relevant client-side disciplines,) you will have the skills to design and build web applications in a LAMP environment. *2 This includes understanding and producing your own design requirements and security measures, coding reusable and logical functionality, designing, interfacing, and managing databases and data, maximising speed and minimising costs to you and your clients.

You will also have enough conceptual knowledge of servers, and tangible knowledge of coding, code flow, Object Oriented Programming, databases, and data handling to allow you to learn additional server-side languages, should that be your ultimate goal.

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THIS IS HARD, IS IT RIGHT FOR ME?

Maybe? But you won't know that unless you try, right? And with a 14-day, no questions asked money-back guarantee, what do you have to lose?

Look, no one has your interests at heart more than you do — not your friends, not your co-workers, maybe your immediate family but certainly not the politicians (that's quite obvious from what we see on the news everyday.)

So, it's up to you to make the first move — the rest we'll do together.

Yup, it's going to take work and nope, it's not for everyone but again, you won't know unless you try. I can't help it if it's cliché because it's true: If it wasn't hard, it wouldn't be the valuable skill that it is and it certainly wouldn't pay as much as it does.

And, you get to keep my 68 page Time Management e-book either way. After all, even if you decide to go into something else, you'll need the time to do it, right?