title: Learning Joomla 1.7
body: <p>I am thinking of starting to learn Joomla 1.7 but don't know where to begin.</p>
  
  <p>I am interested in learning to create blogs, e-commerce websites, forums and other type of websites. I know that there is probably a lot of learning involved but I am willing to commit.</p>
  
  <p>I should also mention that my knowledge starts at XHTML\CSS and ends in Javascript\jQuery (and a bit of Java up to Swing), however I have never done any PHP/MySql programming.</p>
  
  <p>Do I need to learn PHP and MySql before learning Joomla or I can start learning it now?</p>
  
  <p>If I don't need to learn PHP and MySql first what book/tutorial/video tutorial would you recommend for someone who never used a CMS before and would like to learn it to its full extent?</p>