Unlike many programming guides, this book series has a direct approach and dives straight in, to get you writing reusable code from the start. Additionally, there is a lesson specific knowledge base on the accompanying website, for those who need more in-depth information to bring you quickly on track. Therefore, this book series is suitable for anyone from the absolute beginner to the more experienced programmer who wishes to brush up or extend their existing knowledge. This book series uses many technologies including HTML, CSS, CSS3, Laravel, PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, MySQL / MariaDB, Twitter Bootstrap, Zurb Foundation, Photoshop, XAMPP, Composer, JSON, XML and AJAX amongst others. In Book 1 specifically, you will learn how to: Download and Install XAMPP Download and Install Composer Download and Install Git Bash Download and Install Visual Studio Code Laravel Installation Creating a New Laravel Project Changing Server Port Numbers Setting up Virtual Hosts Take a first look at the Laravel File Structure Plus, you'll get a glossary of terms used in the book, a whole bunch of resources and further reading suggestions to get you on the right track. Once you've completed this book you'll then be ready for Book 2 which explores page layouts, views, cascading style sheets, CSS Frameworks and routes in Laravel.