We'll aim to teach:

1. How to set up an Amazon EC2 instance (a free private server you can start developing on)
2. How to securely access your server
3. Install a web server (apache2) and database (MySQL) on your server
4. Install a GUI tool for administering your database
5. How to upload and edit files on your webserver
6. How to create a basic HTML page
7. If there's time, create a “Hello world” PHP program and some other basics

Whatever your level - you are very welcome to come along. We'll find some time to answer questions and if you are able to help newcomers with any issues they might have, all the better!

1. A laptop
2. An account on AWS (visit Amazon Web Services and create an account https://aws.amazon.com/ You will have to put credit card details in, but you won't be charged for your first year). This is optional but might save some time on the night. If you'd rather use a different service (like Google or Digital Ocean) then feel free to go with them rather than AWS. We'll try to assist you on the night.

See the Guides:Web server page for the list of instructions we'll work through to complete the objectives above.