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 DAVID GOLDING began developing web sites in 1999 and first started using CakePHP on a bet he couldn’t complete a web application in five minutes. Golding has a degree in European Studies from Brigham Young University and currently works in technology consulting and freelance web development. He lives with his wife, Camille, and his son, Kenny, in southern California and spends his free time playing golf and studying history. His musings can be found at www.davidgolding.net.
