Getting Started
This page and its related pages are dedicated to those of you who are just starting out in the world of programming, database administration, database development, and other such functions. They contain tutorials and links to tutorials that are designed for the beginner. Tutorials here aim to provide step-by-step instructions on how to get up and running using MySQL and your favorite programming language, instructions on beginning database design and normalization concepts, database administration "for mere mortals", and other novice material.
For those experts out there, please feel free to add articles to the Forge wiki, keeping in mind that articles should be step-by-step instructions, with an eye for learning by example. Also, have you seen a really great article somewhere else that is perfect for the beginner developer? Post a link to it on one of these pages!
For those beginners out there, look through the pages below and use the "discussion" area of the pages to suggest ways the articles can be improved and make recommendations for articles you would like to see written that would help you. Think an article is too short, or too long and should be broken into different parts? Well, just say so!
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[edit] Setting Up Your Development Environment
- Getting Started On Windows
- Getting Started On Windows Using XAMPP
- Getting Started on Linux
- Getting Started With Source Code Control
[edit] Database Design
[edit] Programming
- Getting Started with SQL
- Getting Started with PHP and MySQL
- Getting Started with Ruby and MySQL
- Getting Started with Perl and MySQL
- Getting Started with Python and MySQL
- Getting Started with .NET and MySQL
[edit] Database Administration
- Getting Started with User Administration
- Getting Started with Database Backups
- Getting Started with Database Restores