Category Archives: Video

Introducing PHP course now live on lynda.com

Posted on 30 April 2013 by David Powers

I’m delighted to announce that my Introducing PHP video course is now part of the lynda.com subscription library. It was originally recorded for video2brain, which was aquired by lynda.com earlier this year. Since the aquisition, video2brain publishes courses only in … Continue reading →

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lynda.com goes multilingual

Posted on 14 February 2013 by David Powers

Over the past couple of years, I’ve recorded several video training courses for video2brain, an Austrian company that I often referred to as the European equivalent of lynda.com. It turns out that my description was prophetic. If you visit the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreamweaver, PHP, Video | 11 Comments

My verdict on Dreamweaver CS6

Posted on 23 April 2012 by David Powers

Adobe has officially announced details of Creative Suite 6 (CS6) and the Creative Cloud. What’s particularly significant about this release is that it represents the last chance to skip one or two versions and still benefit from reduced upgrade pricing. … Continue reading →

Posted in AJAX/JavaScript, CSS, Dreamweaver, Video | 66 Comments

Learn PHP basics by video

Posted on 21 February 2012 by David Powers

My new video course, Introducing PHP, is now available from video2brain. It’s aimed at complete beginners, and assumes no prior knowledge of PHP or any other programming language. However, the course should also be useful as a refresher for anyone … Continue reading →

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New video PHP course for complete beginners

Posted on 26 January 2012 by David Powers

I’m delighted to announce that my new video course, Introducing PHP, has just been published by video2brain. The course contains nearly 5 hours of video instruction, starting with the installation of a PHP testing environment on your local computer, with … Continue reading →

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Interesting two-for-one offer on video training

Posted on 23 December 2011 by David Powers

With the Christmas and year-end holiday season well and truly upon us, companies are all trying to outdo each other with special deals. My email inbox is certainly groaning with the onslaught of “buy now, never-to-be-repeated offers”. So, forgive me … Continue reading →

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Great training resource for web designers and digital artists

Posted on 21 December 2011 by David Powers

I’m a great fan of learning from books—that’s why I written so many. But there are times when a book just won’t do. Seeing and hearing an expert show you how to do something often has much more impact. Several … Continue reading →

Posted in AJAX/JavaScript, CSS, PHP, Video | 1 Comment