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Hi I am interested in building a realtime application. Can you give me some recommended screencasts, ebooks, blog posts for learning these technology (free or paid ones it doesn't matter). I prefer to use these technologies with PHP if it's even possible.

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  • node.js and php can but aren't advised to be used together. Javascript is the language for node, so I advise learning javascript before diving into node.js – Lime Jul 11 '11 at 02:53
  • @Lime thanks!, I have a fair knowledge of javascript – bman Jul 11 '11 at 06:15
  • @Lime if at all possible you should just use node, but both can communicate efficiently using Redis. Especially when you already have a very large code-base in PHP. – Alfred Jul 11 '11 at 14:20
  • @Lime. Er, yes PHP can be used with PHP. You have PHP do it's stuff in the backend and when you want to communicate PHP -> Node you just use CURL and from NodeJS you can do a new http request. How do I know, because I too am using a realtime website using PHP, jQuery and Node/Socket.io and all 3 communicate with each other. – PaulM Jul 11 '11 at 19:22
  • Just for clarification, what I mean is Javascript is the language for node, but PHP can be used in conjunction with node. You shouldnt be doing client stuff with PHP anyway. PHP is a serverside language. :) – PaulM Jul 11 '11 at 19:29
  • @PaulM @Alfred I never said you can't use them together, I said "`node.js` and `php` can but aren't advised to be used together". The biggest benefit of using `node.js` is that you can use the same language client and server side. You no longer have to learn/switch between two languages constantly. For backwards support using php and `node.js` maje sense, but starting a new project (Geocine says "building a realtime app") with `node.js` and `php` is well overkill. – Lime Jul 11 '11 at 19:33
  • @Lime, yes I know you never said. I read your response wrong and went into zealot mode. Hence why I made the clarification afterwards. But I will disagree with you. Using PHP for serverside stuff should he need it, is not overkill. Sure he says realtime, but I bet it wont all be realtime heh. – PaulM Jul 11 '11 at 19:46
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