web dev books

[AHarvey]

Hi all,

General title alert I know but I could do with some advice.

Some may have seen my post in GD about rash decisions in which I walked away from a 6.5 year job with a leading online gambling company purely because I got fed up with the middle management. Worst part was, 2nd kid due end of Feb, mortgage and no other job to go to.

Well, I've a interview next week for a local web development company that specialises in Magento development. I've passed the online exams they sent for general knowledge, HTML, PHP and Javascript but it really outlined to me how little I know overall.

I need help prepping for the interview. I need suggestions on books or online resources that will give me a better understanding of the basics of each language and move into the intermediate levels too. Codeacademy was great for the very basics but I feel I am missing out somewhere.

Thanks in advance

 

[AHarvey]

Thanks for the links peter

AJK, It's a junior role within the company, they will teach Magento to me I have built a few sites etc in the past but I'm just looking at cementing the basics and I can sit with a good book and read over it while I am away from my PC, then use online stuff when working with my PC

 

[AHarvey]

If it's a Magento development job, then get up to speed with that, as they are going to be looking for someone that really knows that product well.

Have you installed a test version of Magento to tinker with? Magento Community Edition is a free download.

I would get up to speed with Magento, e.g. learn how extensions are installed, what extensions there are, how to modify core code etc etc.

Rgds

That's on my list to do this weekend. Got some material to read through, videos to watch etc.

Did your previous job involve web development?

Not directly, I set up a a few things internally from custom pages, forums, wordpress, wiki's etc.