What you should know

- [Instructor] Let's talk about what you should know before taking this course. You should know the basics of PHP and have done some simple programming in an MVC framework. You don't need to be an expert on the MVC paradigm, but you should know what it means when I mention terms like loading a view, or loading a model. If you're not familiar with these terms, you should take a look at the PHP essential training course. You should also already know object oriented PHP, which includes PHP classes, static classes, inheritance, public, private, and protected accessors.

You should also be familiar with database terminology, such as database migrations, database seeds, CRUD, and PHP data objects. You should also be familiar with web developing concepts, such as dependency injection, REST, APIs, and associative arrays.