A series of projects to help you learn Yii and Rapid Application Development
Learn how to build and incorporate key web technologies
Use as a cookbook to look up key concepts, or work on the projects from start to finish for a complete web application
Yii Rapid Application Development Hotshot
Yii is a high performance PHP framework for rapid web application development. It is well designed, well supported, easy to learn, and easy to maintain. If you are beginning to learn web development or are a seasoned programmer with demanding clients, learning Yii will benefit your projects and career.
Yii Rapid Application Development Hotshot will guide you through a series of projects covering a variety of web development hot topics to build a complete application. You will explore key features of a web application as implemented in Yii and experience the power of rapid application development.
Supercharge your projects and your programming ability by becoming a Yii Rapid Application Development Hotshot. Start with the topics that grab your attention or work through each project in sequence. At the end of each project, you will have a working application, a better understanding of Yii, and a new web development skill under your belt. Download eBook Free »
A step-by-step guide to creating a modern Web application using PHP, MySQL, and Yii
Build a real-world, user-based, database-driven project task management application using the Yii development framework
Start with a general idea, and finish with deploying to production, learning everything about Yii inbetween, from “A”ctive record to “Z”ii component library
Web Application Development with Yii and PHP
This book is a step by step tutorial in developing a real-world application using the incremental and iterative approach to software development. You learn about agile software development by leaning on the agile nature of the Yii application development framework. You touch on each aspect of the software development lifecycle by building a project task management application from concept through production deployment.
After a brief, general introduction to the Yii framework and outlining the software development approach taken throughout the book, the chapters break down in the same way as software development iterations do in real-world projects. After the 1st iteration, you will have a working and tested application with a valid, tested connection to a database. Download eBook Free »
Over 80 recipes to help you master using the Yii PHP framework
Learn to use Yii more efficiently through plentiful Yii recipes on diverse topics
Make the most efficient use of your controller and views and reuse them
Automate error tracking and understand the Yii log and stack trace
Full of practically useful solutions and concepts that you can use in your application, with clearly explained code and all the necessary screenshots
In Detail
Yii framework is a rapidly growing PHP5 MVC framework often referred to as Rails for PHP. It has become a solid base for many exciting web applications such as Stay.com and Russia Today’s meetfriends.rt.com and can be a good base for your developments. Yii is an object-oriented, high-performance, component-based PHP web application framework. Yii is pronounced as Yee and is an acronym for “Yes It Is!”.
Familiar with Yii and want to exploit it to its full potential, but do not know how to go about it? Yii 1.1 Application Development Cookbook will show you how to use Yii efficiently. You will learn about implementing shortcuts using core features, creating your own reusable code base, using test-driven development, and many more topics that will escalate your knowledge in no time at all!