Frontend skills get you to a certain point. At some point you need to store data, authenticate users, and respond to requests from your frontend. This is where PHP and MySQL come in.
PHP runs on the vast majority of web servers worldwide. It is practical, well-supported, and directly relevant to WordPress development, which powers a significant portion of Italian commercial websites. This course teaches PHP in the context of building real backend functionality, not as a language reference.
The database module covers MySQL from the beginning: tables, relationships, queries, indexes, and the specific patterns you use most often in web applications: user tables, content tables, and the queries that join them.
The REST API section is the most practical: you build a JSON API that your frontend JavaScript can consume. By the end of this course you know how to build the backend that sits behind any frontend application.
Course curriculum
What is included
Delivery: Immediate access. A basic understanding of HTML and programming is assumed.
Student feedback
"The REST API module was exactly what I needed. I can now build the backend for any frontend application I want to make."