PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide is a classic introduction book that covers all the basic things about PHP language. It introduces the basic concepts, using methods and the matters needing attention of the PHP language to the beginners in plain language. The whole book uses abundant examples to lead the reader to master this popular Web development language step by step, and enables reader to get started on writing PHP scripts that are applicable to many common scenes.

For a beginner who just stepped into the development of dynamic website, the construction of Apache + PHP + MySQL environment, as well as its complex configuration process are troublesome, time-consuming and error-prone. Therefore it's an efficient way to choose an integrated web development environment. In this way, you can more quickly finish the installation and configuration of your server environment, thus to concentrate more time and energy in the project development itself.

For beginners coming to website back-end development, if you are looking for a book that can really let you, in a short period of time, learn how to use PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript these three primary web development techniques to create dynamic, interactive web sites or applications, then do not miss Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL & JavaScript All in One in Sams Teach Yourself series.

Firebug is a free and open-source, complete and powerful Web development auxiliary plug-in for Mozilla's Firefox. The same as Chris Pederick's Web Developer, it added plentiful website designing, developing and testing tools at our fingertips. Web developers can use it to debug, edit or even delete HTML, CSS, DOM, and JavaScript code of any website.

Performance is the key to success of any websites. And as a matter of fact, the time a web browser loading a web page takes up about 80% of the total time consumed when a visitor is accessing this page. Thus, especially for the current rich media websites or web apps, speed is extremely important. In Even Faster Web Sites, you will learn how to save the valuable website loading time, so as to make your site respond to user's requests more quickly.