Practical CakePHP Projects (Expert's Voice in Web Development)

If youвЂTMve been using PHP for sometime now and would like to start using a web framework, youвЂTMll want to try CakePHP, which is an open source rapid development web framework built on PHP. PHP experts **Kai Chan** and **John Omokore** guide you through a variety of practical CakePHP applications. You will work on projects such as a video gallery, unit testing application, an e–commerce app, a blog site, and much more. __Practical CakePHP Projects__ covers the key architectural concepts as well as including mini projects that you can use to enhance your own applications. * A friendly introduction for any web programmer looking to choose a PHP framework * Real–world projects based on current and future trends * Practical CakePHP techniques that you can use right away ## What youвЂTMll learn * Painlessly create a secure and dynamic web site with CakePHP and MySQL. * Discover how CakePHP can be used in high–level and demanding applications using CakePHP built–in components as well as methods such as Smarty, caching, and unit testing. * See how CakePHP integrates with technologies such as Ajax and web services. * Integrate your own components into CakePHPвЂTMs framework. * Apply CakePHP to mainstream technologies such as Google Video, blogging, mashups, and e–commerce. * Work through the few pitfalls of some of the CakePHP framework, for example, Access Control Lists. ## Who is this book for? Aimed primarily at CakePHP novices to professionals and PHP programmers seeking to build web applications easily using CakePHP and related web technologies, this book will also appeal to programmers using other frameworks in other languages, for example, Ruby on Rails and Java Spring. ## About the Apress Practical Series The Practical series from Apress is your best choice for getting the job done, period. From professional to expert, this series lets you apply project–motivated templates (or frameworks) step by step in a very direct, practical, and efficient manner toward current real–world projects that may be sitting on your desk. So whatever your career goal, Apress can be your trusted guide to take you where you want to go on your IT career empowerment path.

If you’ve been using PHP for sometime now and would like to start using a web framework, you’ll want to try CakePHP, which is an open source rapid development web framework built on PHP.

PHP experts Kai Chan and John Omokore guide you through a variety of practical CakePHP applications. You will work on projects such as a video gallery, unit testing application, an e–commerce app, a blog site, and much more. Practical CakePHP Projects covers the key architectural concepts as well as including mini projects that you can use to enhance your own applications.

• A friendly introduction for any web programmer looking to choose a PHP framework
• Real–world projects based on current and future trends
• Practical CakePHP techniques that you can use right away

What you’ll learn

• Painlessly create a secure and dynamic web site with CakePHP and MySQL.
• Discover how CakePHP can be used in high–level and demanding applications using CakePHP built–in components as well as methods such as Smarty, caching, and unit testing.
• See how CakePHP integrates with technologies such as Ajax and web services.
• Integrate your own components into CakePHP’s framework.
• Apply CakePHP to mainstream technologies such as Google Video, blogging, mash-ups, and e–commerce.
• Work through the few pitfalls of some of the CakePHP framework, for example, Access Control Lists.

Who this book is for

Aimed primarily at CakePHP novices to professionals and PHP programmers seeking to build web applications easily using CakePHP and related web technologies, this book will also appeal to programmers using other frameworks in other languages, for example, Ruby on Rails and Java Spring.

Annotation If youve been using PHP for sometime now and would like to start using a web framework, youll want to try CakePHP, which is an open source rapid development web framework built on PHP. PHP expertsKai ChanandJohn Omokoreguide you through a variety of practical CakePHP applications. You will work on projects such as a video gallery, unit testing application, an ecommerce app, a blog site, and much more. Practical CakePHP Projects covers the key architectural concepts as well as including mini projects that you can use to enhance your own applications. A friendly introduction for any web programmer looking to choose a PHP framework Realworld projects based on current and future trends Practical CakePHP techniques that you can use right away What youll learn Painlessly create a secure and dynamic web site with CakePHP and MySQL. Discover how CakePHP can be used in highlevel and demanding applications using CakePHP builtin components as well as methods such as Smarty, caching, and unit testing. See how CakePHP integrates with technologies such as Ajax and web services. Integrate your own components into CakePHPs framework. Apply CakePHP to mainstream technologies such as Google Video, blogging, mash-ups, and ecommerce. Work through the few pitfalls of some of the CakePHP framework, for example, Access Control Lists. Who this book is for Aimed primarily at CakePHP novices to professionals and PHP programmers seeking to build web applications easily using CakePHP and related web technologies, this book will also appeal to programmers using other frameworks in other languages, for example, Ruby on Rails and Java Spring If you've been using PHP for sometime now and would like to start using a web framework, you'll want to try CakePHP, which is an open source rapid development web framework built on PHP. PHP experts Kai Chan and John Omokore guide you through a variety of practical CakePHP applications. You will work on projects such as a video gallery, unit testing application, an e ́ commerce app, a blog site, and much more. Practical CakePHP Projects covers the key architectural concepts as well as including mini projects that you can use to enhance your own applications. A friendly introduction for any web programmer looking to choose a PHP framework Real ́ world projects based on current and future trends Practical CakePHP techniques that you can use right away If you ve been using PHP for sometime now and would like to start using a web framework, you ll want to try CakePHP, which is an open source rapid development web framework built on PHP. PHP experts Kai Chan and John Omokore guide you through a variety of practical CakePHP applications. You will work on projects such as a video gallery, unit testing application, an e commerce app, a blog site, and much more. Practical CakePHP Projects covers the key architectural concepts as well as including mini projects that you can use to enhance your own applications. * A friendly introduction for any web Front Matter....Pages i-xix Cake Fundamentals....Pages 1-27 Blogging....Pages 29-46 E-Commerce....Pages 47-83 A Message Forum Web Service....Pages 85-129 Google Maps and the Traveling Salesman....Pages 131-172 Mashing Twitter with the Google Translator....Pages 173-211 Unit Testing and Web Testing....Pages 213-235 A Cake Control Panel....Pages 237-270 Translating Stories....Pages 271-306 Adding Automagic Fields....Pages 307-315 Cake Tags....Pages 317-328 Dynamic Data Fields....Pages 329-358 Captcha....Pages 359-369 Back Matter....Pages 371-379