If you are learning how to program in PHP, Ruby, Python, JavaScript … or any other programming language, you may find my 4 rules useful.

Download the MP3: Stef’s Rules of Programming.

Now the written version:

Stefan’s #1 Rule of Programming:

You will not remember everything you learn.

All the methods, functions, design patterns and other constructs found in PHP are far too many to for any human to remember. That’s why god invented Google and php.net.

… A good book can help too!

The most important thing to remember when learning PHP, are the basic concepts and practices. So I am talking about things like, function, arrays, classes, recursion, MVC et cetera. Again, it is not important that you remember the specific syntax – that you will forget in time. No, it is only important you understand what these things are and WHY you would use them.

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Hi,

After years of the same old design for our DVD’s, I’ve finally decided that we needed a fresh new look. I felt inspired, so instead of getting our designer (Ben) to take care it … I broke out my old designers cap and did it myself!

Yes, it’s a minimal style but that’s what’s in today and besides, all that really matters is what is on the DISC.

Note: We haven’t shipped video courses on CD for years, since they don’t have nearly the capacity (as a DVD) to hold all the videos in a course.

All of our videos play on Windows, Mac and even many modern flat panel TVs.

Hope you like!

Stefan Mischook
killerVideoStore.com

Digital download is not for everyone, so we offer DVD copies of all our courses and course packages. A lot of people demand it!

USB Thumb Drives – now optional.

We’ve been slowly fading out the DVD’s for the last year and had some people complain about it. I was surprised, since USB thumb drives are cool and reusable.

But, that was the problem that I did not consider – people like DVDs because you can’t accidentally delete files on them.

… I should have known better, since I use DVDs to backup my precious data for the long term. Disk drives are great but they can crash and you’ve lost your data. With DVDs, you are good for 10-20yrs.

So now, DVDs are what we send … unless you ask for the USB thumb drives.

Thanks!

Stefan Mischook
killerVideoStore.com

Hi,

A little video store announcement:

We are now moving away from using DVD’s to mail out the video courses … using USB flash drives instead. So now, when you buy a video course ‘on DVD’, we will actually be mailing you a reusable USB thumb drive.

Why?

1. It’s easier.
2. It’s more flexible.
3. It’s better for the environment.

Until next time,

Stefan Mischook
killerSites.com

Hi!

As some of you may know, buried deep in the KillerSites Video Library, are dozens of videos and mini courses that teach all kinds of cool things like:

• Creating a Tag Cloud with PHP
• Form Validation with PHP & JavaScript
• Build a PHP Login with OOP and MVC
• CSS List & Navigation

… And there are more.

These are all short courses running 1-2 hrs each, so up until now, we only included them in library and in some of our Complete packages.

Things change …. we just decided to release them on the KillerVideoStore because some people don’t want to subscribe or buy a complete package … and since they are mini courses, the prices will be mini too!

Expect a few courses to hit the store in the next few days.

Stefan Mischook
killerSites.com

Hi,

After thinking about it for 2.32 years, I finally got around to adding testimonials and a rating system to the killer video store.

The testimonials and ratings can be made on a per course basis on the video download page after you log in (video log-in page).

Where are the comments displayed?

The comments/testimonials are displayed on each course page, killerVideoStore.com’s home page and here:

www.killervideostore.com/testimonials.php

Thousands of Testimonials Hidden!

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Hi!

I just wanted to mention that we are currently working on a few new video course titles that might interest you:

• Beginners Web Design – a new updated version!
• Beginners WordPress – another new updated version.
• WordPress Themes – man, yet another new updated version!

Ok, why all the updated versions? Well, we are always looking to improve things around here; better sound, better video quality and up to date content.

Thanks for reading,

Stefan Mischook
killerSites.com