MVC Frameworks for Building PHP Web Applications

In this course, author Drew Falkman tours four open-source PHP frameworks: Zend, Symfony, CakePHP, and CodeIgniter. The course covers basic framework concepts; explores the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern as a means of simplifying, organizing, and maintaining code; and details the ins and outs of developing basic applications in each of the four frameworks.

Topics include:

• Why use a framework?
• Exploring basic framework concepts
• Comparing Zend, Symfony, CakePHP, and CodeIgniter
• Downloading and installing each framework
• Exploring MVC in each framework
• Creating basic PHP projects

Table of content

• Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know
  • Using the exercise files
  • Installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP
• About PHP Frameworks
  • Why use a framework?
  • MVC is the MVP
  • Framework concepts
  • Finding the right solution
  • Comparing Zend, Symfony, CakePHP, and CodeIgniter
• Introducing Zend Framework
  • Intro to Zend 1.11 and the 2.0 beta
  • Zend concepts, advantages, and issues
  • Zend components
  • Zend flow and architecture
• Using Zend Framework
  • Downloading and setting up Zend Framework
  • The development environment
  • Creating a project
  • The view
  • The model
  • Controller, form, and actions
  • Taking it from here
• Introducing Symfony
  • Intro to Symfony 2.0
  • Symfony concepts, advantages, and issues
  • Symfony components
  • Symfony flow and architecture
• Using Symfony
  • Downloading and setting up Symfony
  • Routing, controllers, and bundles
  • The view: Twig and templates
  • The model: Doctrine 2
  • Form and actions
  • Taking it from here
• Introducing CodeIgniter
  • Intro to CodeIgniter 2.1
  • CodeIgniter concepts, advantages, and issues
  • CodeIgniter classes
  • CodeIgniter flow and architecture
• Using CodeIgniter
  • Downloading and setting up CodeIgniter
  • The model
  • The controller
  • The view
  • Forms and making it all work
  • Taking it from here
• Introducing CakePHP
  • Intro to CakePHP 2.0
  • CakePHP concepts, advantages, and issues
  • CakePHP components
  • CakePHP flow and architecture
• Using CakePHP
  • Downloading and setting up CakePHP
  • The model
  • The controller
  • The view and the FormHelper
  • Making it all work
  • Taking it from here
• Conclusion
  • Goodbye

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