CakePHP books

Product Description

CakePHP is a leading PHP–based web app development framework. When asking a question on forums or chat rooms, many CakePHP beginners get little help from the experts. Simple questions can get a response like, “Well, just read the online manual and API.” Unfortunately, the online manual is depreciated, and who wants to absorb a programming language or framework from an API? Beginning CakePHP will do the following:
- Leads you from a basic setup of CakePHP to building a couple applications that will highlight CakePHP’s functionality and capabilities without delving too deeply into the PHP language, but rather what the CakePHP framework can offer the developer.
- Teaches you to use CakePHP by incorporating advanced features into your web development projects.
- Targets beginners of CakePHP or web frameworks in general as well as experienced developers with limited exposure to CakePHP. A secondary audience may include developers undecided on adopting CakePHP or business managers trying to assess the value of incorporating CakePHP into their toolbox.

What you’ll learn

- Install and configure the CakePHP web framework.
- Create your first CakePHP web application: to–do lists.
- Progress by building a more complex blogging application.
- Incorporate Ajax and Web 2.0 principles and techniques into your blogging and other CakePHP applications.
- Apply these sample applications along with advanced techniques as a framework or template for building your own web applications with CakePHP going forward.

Who is this book for?

This book will speak to an audience of developers already familiar with PHP but who may not be PHP experts. This book is tailored for those new to CakePHP and who want a thorough tutorial.

About the Apress Beginning Series

The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry–level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to know—but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there—it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!

About the Author

A biography is not available for this author.

Book Description

This will be among the first books about CakePHP and it differs from others by targeting a wider audience through useful, well-commented, real-world code examples and an essential introduction to the functionality of the CakePHP framework. It covers development of web applications, blogs, AJAX, security and more.

From the Backcover

This will be among the first books about CakePHP and it differs from others by targeting a wider audience through useful, well-commented, real-world code examples and an essential introduction to the functionality of the CakePHP framework. It covers development of web applications, blogs, AJAX, security and more.

CakePHP in Action: The Official Guide is officially endorsed and technically validated by the Cake Software Foundation.

With over 500,000 downloads of the CakePHP framework, it's tough to find a PHP discussion that doesn't mention CakePHP. Thanks to its ease of use, and its ability to rapidly deploy complex web applications, CakePHP has developed a large and dedicated community. By providing a tested, intelligent framework for PHP web application developers, CakePHP brings a standardized, best-practice-based approach to the Wild West environment of PHP coding.

CakePHP in Action: The Official Guide is the first guide to CakePHP endorsed and supported by the Cake Software Foundation. This book first shows you the core concepts of frameworks and MVC design. It then shows you how to get started with CakePHP from installation to Hello World.

After you're up and running, the author illuminates each component of Cake, tying each piece together with a running example. The primary structure of CakePHP—models, views, and controllers—is covered twice. First you're introduced to CakePHP's overall structure and usage. With the basics well in hand, you learn how to apply more advanced techniques.

Beyond models, views, and controllers, this book explores many other aspects of CakePHP. You walk through built-in AJAX support, helpers, developing plugins, access control using ACLs, data validation, and much more. The final chapter introduces you to The Bakery, the CakePHP community site for code contributions, tutorials, and more.

This book assumes that you have a solid foundation in PHP but you don't need prior exposure to CakePHP or other web application frameworks.

About the Author

Duane O'Brien is a freelance author and web applications engineer from the San Francisco Bay Area. He has written a number of popular articles and tutorials covering a wide variety of subjects, including CakePHP. When he's not writing code he enjoys audio experimentation, taking things apart, putting things back together, and generally voiding warranties.