Video Tutorials
Here's a listing of video tutorials that I've done on various topics. If you have any suggested topics, feel free to contact me. My latest series of videos can be found and freely downloaded on zendcasts. Enjoy!
AJAX Video Tutorials
PHP Video Tutorials
- Build a PHP Shopping Cart with Paypal Integration
- Build a Simple WordPress Template from scratch: part 1 | part 2 | part 3
Zend Video Tutorials
- Zend Controller and Zend View
- Setting up a Zend Framework Project: part 1 | part 2
- Setting Up an MVC Structure with the Zend Framework: part 1 | part 2
- Introduction to Zend_Layout
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Hey, i would like to buy your PHP shopping cart with paypal but the site wont let me add to cart. Says it is a bandwidth problem. Any other places that it is for sale?
Hi Tyler,
I’d encourage you to try again in a week. It looks like Killersites is going through a bit of a renovation right now. They’re launching a new cart which should fix some of these issues. The old one is in java…
Hi Jon,
I’m interested in Zend video tutorial. Have you made more them 5 I’ve found on the website. It’s realy helpful because I’m a beginer.
Michal
Hi Michal,
I run a site called Zendcasts, that has over 2 hours of Zend Video tutorials – http://www.zendcasts.com
Thanks for the feedback!
Jon
Hi Jon,
thank you very much. I am sure it will be helpful. I will recommend these tutorials to everyone.
Thanks.
Michal
Hi Jon,
greetings form germany ! Many thanks for these great video tutorials. You’ve made a good job.
Thanks,
Florian
Build a Simple WordPress Template from scratch: part1, part2, part3
Where are those other videos .
Are there only three videos for this……..?
Hi Ishad,
the rest of the videos in that series can be purchased on killerphp.com. Thanks!
Jon
Just wanted to say thank you for the excellent tutorials. I bought both your WP template and PayPal shopping cart tuts from killerphp.com and I’ve enjoyed them immensely and learned a lot. I’m still learning PHP so I get lost quite a few times in the construction of the shopping cart, but as I learn more OOP I’m understanding it more, definitely a worthwhile investment.
I was just thinking I need to start getting into a PHP framework and I can’t wait to dive into your Zend screencasts. What do you think about frameworks like CodeIgniter? Is it just better to stick with Zend or do they have a different purpose?
thanks again
Hi Mary,
Thanks for the kind words! My interest in Zend comes mostly from a recognition that they’re the most business-friendly framework out there. As a freelancer, I find that Zend is an excellent choice since it leaves me with a lot of components that are customizable, but rich enough that I can easily get a site up and running. I’m a HUGE fan of Doctrine (part of the symfony framework) so I can only imagine that the rest of the framework has a similar level of code quality. Zend is a heavy framework, however the quickstart – http://framework.zend.com/docs/quickstart – has improved tremendously over the years. I think you’ll find that OOP makes a lot more sense when you’re using an object-oriented framework. WordPress has some procedural roots, so its hard to see the appeal. I haven’t touched CodeIgniter personally, but I’ve heard a lot of great things!
Jon
Thanks for the quick response. From everything I’ve read it seems Zend is the way to go, especially because I would love to one day become Zend Certified. Seeing as I’m teaching myself PHP, I don’t know if I’ll ever attain that goal, but I hope to. I’ve worked my way through Stefan’s beginner tutorials at killerphp.com and other tutorials, and feel I have a relatively good grasp of the basics of PHP.
Any advice on the best path to take towards my goal? Thanks once again for all your tutorials and help.
I think the best thing to do is find something you like or are passionate about and build a website around it. Dedicate a couple hours a week to it and it should be a lot of fun! Then I would blog about your troubles and see if people can lend a hand as you work through it. It might not be the best thing you build, but it will be a wonderful experience.
Jon
that’s an excellent suggestion, thank you. I actually do have a few projects in mind that I could start thinking about and structuring
many thanks
mary
Nice tutorials .
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Learning PHP is easy, but learning ZendFramework may need more time ……..
I have started to learn for the past 10-15 days in zend , and have not reached any where
Thanks for the tutorials, they are great. You mentioned in one of the videos that you were going to post zip files with the files worked on those videos. I have looked in this blog but have not found any. Is there anyway you can post them?
Thanks.
Hi Reinier,
Which tutorial specifically? I have all the source files for the zendcasts hosted on a Google Code site…
Hi Jon,
Great PHP Shopping Cart tutorial! I have already started adapting it for my own site. One question though. Do you have a tutorial, or know of one, that can teach me how to integrate an ‘input quantity’ option, and hence an editable quantity on the cart summary pages? So if someone wants to buy 4 of something, they can input 4 and then press the add to cart button, then edit quantities on the view cart page later if they wish.
Jon,
I’m trying to locate the tutorial files for videotutorial project from killerphp.com. I downloaded the ArticleManager but can’t locate the others.
Thanks.
Michael Stelly
Hi Kyl,
you could probably do it with a textbox and a bit of validation. Then create an “update cart” bottom for handling the change.
hello Jon, i am from Greece. i just saw your wp theme from scratch. i just copy paste your template in the wordpress folder but it doesn’t show the sidebar. it says the messages you wrote “you’re not using a dynamic sidebar”. i can’t find why.
Hey John,
I like your website http://www.zendcasts.com. I am also interested in your other websites if you have.please let me know.
Thanks
Ranveer Kaswan