Some computer science books are classic but not suitable for beginners, and some are the opposite. Donald Knuth's The Art Of Computer Programming probably belongs to the former condition, and Robert Sedgewick's Algorithms belongs to the latter. Of course, both of their algorithm analysis idea comes down in one continuous line, and they are all the classic and bestselling reference book in the computerized algorithm field.

Raspberry Pi is a credit card-sized mini computer based on Linux OS. It was originally developed to drive the basic computer science education at school through low-cost hardware and free software. Unexpectedly, Raspberry Pi quickly became popular with computer and hardware enthusiasts around the world. They use it to learn programming and create all kinds of fresh and popular software/hardware applications.

As a rising star, PHP has taken the advantages of the formerly popular languages like Java, C and Perl, and focuses on the Internet. So in the field of Web development (especially web services), PHP owns unique advantages. In other words, until now, the ability and position of any other language cannot be comparable to it in the web field. There is no doubt that it will still be the world of the Internet for a long time to come. And, the Internet cannot go without Web, and the Web cannot do without PHP (mainly all kinds of web services based on PHP).

If you're done with Larry Ullman's PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, then I guess you can't wait to read Larry Ullman's other books. This case, his PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide is just the next book about PHP and MySQL you need to read, which is also very suitable for beginners. After reading this book, you will be able to develop some simple yet practical website based applications.

For developing web-based and database driven high-performance, dynamic Web applications at express speed, PHP (powerful scripting language) and MySQL (quick and reliable database) are absolutely the only pair of best partners. Tutorials about them, I came close to forget this classic bible-level PHP and MySQL Web Development, Fourth Edition (although a bit old without involving the newest features).