About this course
What is this course about? This course is a primer for using Stripe with PHP. It creates examples of using the Stripe provided Javascript based checkout forms for accepting bank cards. Then it covers the PHP processing of the charge of those cards. You use the Stripe dashboard to follow the charges to a payment to your account.
Visual Step by Step eBooks Included! Often following along by video is not convenient. So every video in this course includes a page by a PDF eBook you can also use. The eBooks are full sized visuals you see in the videos.
Who might find this course useful? This course is for those who are new to Stripe and prefer not to use documentation to learn. Keep in mind that Stripe provides many examples and documentation a competent PHP programmer could follow. So if you are that type of person, consider looking at that option before enrolling in this course. However if you want a laid back deep dive into the basics, this could be helpful to intermediate and higher level skilled developers.
Are you ready to take this course? Students for this course are new to intermediate in their PHP, Javascript, JQuery, CSS and HTML skills. You are familiar with these technologies and have had some experience. This course will stay on the light side of their use but at the same time provide production quality solutions you can use in simple applications.
Why take this course? Ecommerce is an essential skill for all web developers using PHP. Often the hurdle of where to start is high for newcomers to eCommerce. Stripe is a well known platform and is being add into PHP sites everyday. Stripe is great place to start and this course can be a great ice breaker for you to learn more on your own or take additional courses I am offering on Stripe. This course is also a good experience for combining HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery and PHP for a solution.
What do you need to take the course? You need access to a web site with PHP 5.3.3 or later. You can use a local host web site for the course. You need Stripe testing account and steps for doing this are covered in the course.
What are the requirements?
- PHP: Beginner to intermediate skills.
- Javascript: Beginner to intermediate skills
- HTML: Beginner to intermediate skills
- CSS: Beginner skill with some exposure to class and id selectors.
- PHP Web server: Need to have access to a running web server with PHP 5.3.3 or later.
- Stripe Account: You need a Stripe testing account. How to set one up is covered in the course.
- Web Developer Tools: You should know how to open web developer tools in a web browser and navigate. We use Chrome web developer tools in the course materials. You can use others if you prefer.
- Code editor of your choice.
What am I going to get from this course?
- Over 31 lectures and 3.5 hours of content!
- Create a single order Stripe checkout web page
- Use the Stripe API to charge credit cards from your web server.
- Gain experience using the Stripe dashboard for transaction tracking.
- Understand how the Stripe Remember Me feature is used.
- Setup a web development environment for using Stripe
- Install and use the Stripe PHP API library
- Know how to maintain your Stripe account API keys
- Understand how to configure a Stripe account for testing and production
What is the target audience?
- This course is for the newcomer to PHP, Stripe and web development who want to get a start on building web pages for eCommerce.
- Developers who have skills and experience to learn from vendor supplied examples and API documentation may find that Stripe provides above average resources for your learning style.
- This course uses the copy and paste method for code follow along. We do not type code but rather focus analyzing, testing and understanding the code snippets you paste.
