PHP Developer roadmap
This is PHP Developer Roadmap. Following this path will guarantee to become a good PHP Developer. The repository is created when working on the following YouTube video PHP Developer roadmap - How to Become a PHP Developer in 2021.
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Table of Contents
- How Internet & Websites works
- Browser/Server request flow, HTTP Protocol, Status codes
- Basics of HTML/CSS
- Basics of Javascript
- Introduction to Databases
- Version Control System (Git & Github)
- Getting Familiar with PHP: Syntax, functions, dates, JSON, File System, CURL, etc...
- Understanding Composer
- PHP beginner projects
- Object Oriented PHP
- Build Projects
- Build custom MVC Framework
- What is API
- Learn Existing Framework
- Learn JavaScript
- Basics of JavaScript Frameworks
- Build Projects with existing frameworks
- Get Familiar with Terminal
- Editors/IDEs
- Docker
- Design Patterns
How Internet & Websites works
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| How does the INTERNET work? | 9m | https://youtu.be/x3c1ih2NJEg |
| How The Web Works - The Big Picture | 12m | https://youtu.be/hJHvdBlSxug |
| How does the internet work? (Full Course) | 1h 42m | https://youtu.be/zN8YNNHcaZc |
Browser/Server request flow, HTTP Protocol, Status codes
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| HTTP Crash Course & Exploration | 38m | https://youtu.be/iYM2zFP3Zn0 |
| MDN HTTP Tutorial | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP | |
| Wikipedia Status Codes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes |
Basics of HTML/CSS
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Tutorial for Beginners | 1h | https://youtu.be/qz0aGYrrlhU |
| HTML Crash Course For Absolute Beginners | 1h | https://youtu.be/UB1O30fR-EE |
| HTML Full Course - Build a Website Tutorial | 2h | https://youtu.be/pQN-pnXPaVg |
| CSS Crash Course For Absolute Beginners | 1h 25m | https://youtu.be/yfoY53QXEnI |
| CSS Tutorial - Zero to Hero (Complete Course) | 6h 18m | https://youtu.be/1Rs2ND1ryYc |
Basics of JavaScript
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Javascript Crash Course for beginners | 1h 40m | https://youtu.be/hdI2bqOjy3c |
| Learn JavaScript - Full Course for Beginners | 3h 26m | https://youtu.be/PkZNo7MFNFg |
Introduction to Databases
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| MySQL Tutorial for Beginners [Full Course] | 3h 10m | https://youtu.be/7S_tz1z_5bA |
| SQL Tutorial - Full Database Course for Beginners | 4h 20m | https://youtu.be/HXV3zeQKqGY |
| PHP MySql Tutorial | article | https://www.mysqltutorial.org/php-mysql/ |
| PHP MySql Tutorial | article | https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_intro.asp |
Version Control System (Git & Github)
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Git & Github Tutorial for Absolute Beginners | 46m | https://youtu.be/iCKAWxfVWUY |
| Git & GitHub Crash Course For Beginners | 32m | https://youtu.be/SWYqp7iY_Tc |
Getting Familiar with PHP: Syntax, functions, dates, JSON, File System, CURL, etc...
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| PHP Tutorial for Absolute Beginners - PHP Course 2021 | 5h 5m | https://youtu.be/yXzWfZ4N4xU |
| Learn PHP The Right Way - Full PHP Tutorial For Beginners & Advanced | 9h 14m | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr3d3QYzkw2xabQRUpcZ_IBk9W50M9pe- |
Understanding Composer
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Composer - How to use Composer For Beginners | 10m 39s | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6wm15OWyqg |
PHP beginner projects
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Simple CRUD application with PHP and JSON | 1h 35m | https://youtu.be/DWHZSkn5paQ |
| Todo app with PHP | 30m | https://youtu.be/NxeNqHdJFxs |
| PHP Watch files and directories recursively | 8m | https://youtu.be/5f4PjQJI-Fc |
| Bulk image resize with PHP | 8m | https://youtu.be/Z99lYtn3quk |
| PHP registration form & validation | 30m | https://youtu.be/V5sJ76T3mWg |
Object Oriented PHP
| Channel | Resource Name | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Programming with Mosh | Object-oriented Programming in 7 minutes | https://youtu.be/pTB0EiLXUC8 |
| TheCodeholic | Object Oriented PHP For beginners | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmDHHhxfe1w&list=PLLQuc_7jk__VDhXWi544iK-SgljlGGlrX |
| Dani Krossing | Object Oriented PHP Tutorials | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anz0ArcQ5kI&list=PL0eyrZgxdwhypQiZnYXM7z7-OTkcMgGPh |
| The Net Ninja | Object Oriented PHP Tutorial | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuWxwLk8StM&list=PL4cUxeGkcC9hNpT-yVAYxNWOmxjxL51Hy |
Build Projects
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Build PHP Form Widget using OOP Abstraction | 19m | https://youtu.be/sBP6HKRW0sM |
| Build Shopping Cart with OOP | 37m | https://youtu.be/1Ip7_hdSqzY |
| Create MySql Notes App | 33m | https://youtu.be/DOsuFRnBqLU |
| How To Create A Login System In PHP For Beginners | 1h 57m | https://youtu.be/gCo6JqGMi30 |
Build custom MVC Framework
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Build PHP MVC Framework | 6h | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKy-N0q3WRo&list=PLLQuc_7jk__Uk_QnJMPndbdKECcTEwTA1 |
| Create your own PHP Framework | N/A | https://symfony.com/doc/current/create_framework/index.html |
What is API
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| What is an API? | 0h 3m | https://youtu.be/s7wmiS2mSXY |
| APIs for Beginners - How to use an API (Full Course / Tutorial) | 2h 19m | https://youtu.be/GZvSYJDk-us |
| Build PHP REST API From Scratch | 1h 16m | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEWXbpUMODk&list=PLillGF-RfqbZ3_Xr8do7Q2R752xYrDRAo |
Learn Existing Framework
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Laravel PHP Framework Tutorial - Full Course for Beginners | 4h 25m | https://youtu.be/ImtZ5yENzgE |
| Laravel PHP Framework Tutorial - Full Course (2020) | 6h 29m | https://youtu.be/BXiHvgrJfkg |
| Laravel 9 From Scratch - Traversy Media (2022) | 4h 18m | https://youtu.be/MYyJ4PuL4pY |
| Yii2 PHP Framework - Full Course (Build a YouTube Clone) | 7h 04m | https://youtu.be/whuIf33v2Ug |
| Symfony PHP Framework Tutorial - Full Course | 3h 28m | https://youtu.be/Bo0guUbL5uo |
| Yii2 Framework course playlist | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD5Y-lQNrPs&list=PLLQuc_7jk__V3jQ0Xr4Rho2lSDztspOt9 |
Learn Javascript
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Object Oriented JavaScript | 1h 02m | https://youtu.be/PFmuCDHHpwk |
| JavaScript DOM Course | 2h 0m | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ik6X4DJKCc&list=PLillGF-RfqbYE6Ik_EuXA2iZFcE082B3s |
| Asynchronouse JavaScript | 0h 42m | https://youtu.be/_8gHHBlbziw |
Basics of JavaScript Frameworks
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Angular Crash Course | 2h 02m | https://youtu.be/3dHNOWTI7H8 |
| React Crash Course | 1h 48m | https://youtu.be/w7ejDZ8SWv8 |
| Vue Crash Course | 1h 50m | https://youtu.be/qZXt1Aom3Cs |
| Vue3 Crash Course | 2h 57m | https://youtu.be/ZqgiuPt5QZo |
| Svelte Crash Course | 1h 21m | https://youtu.be/3TVy6GdtNuQ |
Build Projects with existing frameworks
Yii2 Framework
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Yii2 E-commerce website - Full Working Process | 16h 30m | https://youtu.be/eQdDBhQpU9o |
| Build a REST API using Yii2 PHP Framework | 1h 25m | https://youtu.be/XyHHMvRt6Cw |
| Vue.js & Yii2 REST API notes app | 2h 30m | https://youtu.be/7vrctmDQYW4 |
Laravel
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Laravel E-Commerce | 16h 30m | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5PWIuDTgxg&list=PLEhEHUEU3x5oPTli631ZX9cxl6cU_sDaR |
| Laravel Movie App | 1h 25m | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OKbmMqsREc&list=PLEhEHUEU3x5pYTjZze3fhYMB4Nl_WOHI4 |
| a lot of great videos from Laraveller | collection | https://www.youtube.com/c/Laraveller/videos |
Get Familiar with Terminal
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner's Guide To The Linux Terminal | 42m | https://youtu.be/s3ii48qYBxA |
Editors/IDEs
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Studio Code Tutorial for Beginners | 33m | https://youtu.be/VqCgcpAypFQ |
| Visual Studio Code Crash Course | 1h 32m | https://youtu.be/WPqXP_kLzpo |
| VS Code SuperHero course | https://vscodehero.com/ | |
| Top 12 VScode Extensions for PHP | 17m | https://youtu.be/v9dWFbiir9Q |
| Introduction to PHPStorm | 6m | https://youtu.be/pP9jw3fgrCU |
| PHPStorm vs VSCode for PHP Development | 2h 15m | https://youtu.be/O9nIE-40uKk |
| Be Awesome in PHPStorm (Laracasts) | 1h 30m | https://laracasts.com/series/how-to-be-awesome-in-phpstorm |
Docker
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Docker Tutorial for Beginners | 2h 46m | https://youtu.be/3c-iBn73dDE |
| Docker Tutorial for Beginners - A Full DevOps Course on How to Run Applications in Containers | 2h 10m | https://youtu.be/fqMOX6JJhGo |
| How to Create PHP Development Environments with Docker Compose | 31m | https://youtu.be/l0jb-N5H52A |
Design Patterns
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Design Patterns in Plain English | 1h 20m | https://youtu.be/NU_1StN5Tkk |
| 5 Design Patterns Every Engineer Should Know | 12m | https://youtu.be/FLmBqI3IKMAo |
| Design Patterns in PHP | N/A | https://designpatternsphp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/README.html |
| SOLID principles | N/A | https://www.cleancode.studio/series/solid-principles |
| The No-Framework Tutorial | N/A | https://github.com/PatrickLouys/no-framework-tutorial |
Best Practices
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| PHP the Right Way | N/A | https://phptherightway.com/ |
| Building Secure PHP Software | N/A | https://paragonie.com/blog/2017/12/2018-guide-building-secure-php-software |
| PHP Best Practices | N/A | https://phpbestpractices.org/ |
TDD
| Resource Name | Duration | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Test-Driven Laravel | 1h 20m | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdApmmK71WM&t=2006s |