(Part 2) Best mysql guides according to redditors
We found 76 Reddit comments discussing the best mysql guides. We ranked the 27 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
I would recomment some books and then - practice!
Online classes are also good and you can benefit from the live interaction in them.
These two books have high ratings :
http://www.amazon.com/Programming-PHP-Kevin-Tatroe/dp/1449392776/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1412540290&sr=8-4&keywords=learning+php
and
http://www.amazon.com/PHP-MySQL-Beginners-Mark-Lassoff/dp/0990402010/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1412540290&sr=8-6&keywords=learning+php
> Should I avoid the Microsoft world if I am certain on focusing in the direction of linux?
Assuming you are considering systems administration... In short, yes, avoid MS, and get to know Linux (when I say linux, I usually mean all of the Unix-like OSes). Most of the great sysadmins I know have OSX or Linux on their workstation, and work administering Linux systems. I can't think of anyone that knows both MS and Linux and prefers working with MS - although I am sure they exist. At the end of the day, it comes down to what you prefer, but there are a lot of arguments to be made for getting to know linux. #1 is the server market share, and #2, the F/OSS philosophy.
> What is the lowest "entry-level" job that I can get my feet wet while I study?
With linux, hmmm, good question... there are a couple of entry points. I'd start by teaching yourself. Again, it depends on what you are into. One entry level position would be tech support at a hosting company that hosts linux servers for their clients. The guys that you get on the phone/email when you have this service for example. Their tech support is usually tiered, so tier 1 is doing easy stuff and tier 3 is doing the hardcore stuff. I even poked around a found a listing. That's a great way to get your feet wet. That, or a linux-based startup that has a team and needs more hands.
> I know this is pretty far out, but how's the hiring like for linux positions? When the time comes, should I work with a recruiter, or sell myself to a start-up or company directly?
I wouldn't think it is so far out. If you are a "computer-person" smart and you got yourself a book like this and practiced a bit until you were good enough, you could get an entry-level job pretty damned quickly, I think. The market is quite hot in big cities. For proof, pick a big city, go to craigslist and type in linux under jobs. I picked LA In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with recruiters, it's nice having someone whose job is to get you a job. I've used them to hire and to be hired in my past. Just remember, they're salespeople, and they're selling you, so they are often put in a position where they are trying to persuade you.
>What should I get started on reading? What books would you recommend for a beginner? (I'll take "advance" ones too, I'll save them for the future). Also, if you know of any online communities or websites, I appreciate those as well.
As far as resources... That book above is great. It depends on what you want to know. The RHCT/E course material is great for practical sysadmining:
This is old, but I used it. Almost all of this stuff is good.
This is a classic, but it's quite old.
Online, no better place to start than:
http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/top/
/r/linux
http://code.reddit.com/wiki/help/faqs/sysadmin
I was in your place a few years ago and what I did was to start picking up books on subjects I knew had a market. I usually started with the "for dummies" version, then moved to the "Wrox Beginning <something>" and then to the "Wrox professional <something>" another editorial I have read is "Apress"
For example how I first started with web development was with these books (well, different versions but the same line):
Try following the examples and then building things for yourself, building a reddit clone is a nice exercise.
The book that got me started was by Kevin Yank:
http://www.amazon.com/Build-Database-Driven-Website-Using/dp/0957921802
I think, though, there might be some good free resources online. The following might be useful (I haven't checked it out much): http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_intro.asp
If you are using Ubuntu, installation of PHP, Apache, and MySQL is pretty trivial.
I read this when I was studying for my exams last year and found it quite good.
Sadly our college's requirements for syllabi is rather lax. It's less of a coursework map and more of a "here's what you should learn in this class" kind of document. Here's the only course-specific info that doesn't relate to grades or policy:
>CIS 264 students will:
Pretty broad right? The rest of the 7 page document is all college policies on various things like cell phone use and grading. This is the book we're using. To be honest, he covers so much in lecture that I only use the book for reference- rarely at that.
https://www.amazon.com/MySQL-JavaScript-Sams-Teach-Yourself/dp/0672337703/ref=sr_1_21?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1519145389&amp;sr=1-21&amp;keywords=sams+teach+yourself
Can't vouch for it directly, but I'm working through their html, css and javascript book and it's really helpful.