Marc Rochkind - Expert PHP and MySQL: Application Design and Development

Expert PHP and MySQL

Application Design and Development

Marc Rochkind

Expert PHP and MySQL: Application Design and Development

Copyright 2013 by Marc Rochkind

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Contents at a Glance

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About the Author

Marc Rochkind has been a professional programmer for 46 years. He joined Bell Labs in 1970, after graduating in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, and found himself in the right place and at the right time to get involved with UNIX when it was still written in assembly language, programming in C before it even had structures. His best-known contribution was the Source Code Control System, the ancestor of all version control systems. While at Bell Labs, he got an MS in Computer Science so he would have a degree in his chosen field. He wrote his first book, Advanced UNIX Programming, almost 30 years ago. Since then hes been a manager at small and large companies, a consultant, a software entrepreneur, and even, very briefly, a venture capitalist. While he enjoys reminiscing about the early days (he just finished reading a detailed history of the IBM 650 and 701 computers), hes still as busy programming as ever, with several PHP/MySQL applications under development, two dozen iPhone/iPad apps, and Mac OS/Windows apps for professional photographers. (You can see some of his own photographs at basepath.com .) Hes even written a novel, Bernies Bar and Girll. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, where he plays tennis a few times a week. Almost no offense at all, but he wins by making his opponent cover the whole court. Actually, this book is also about covering the whole court.

About the Technical Reviewer

Peter Adams