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1. Instant CakePHP Starter

So, what is CakePHP?

CakePHP – the short story Why CakePHP – making the short story long CakePHP to the rescue! Model-View-Controller – what is that all about?

Installation

Step 1 – preparing the development environment

The HTTP server (Apache) The database layer (MySQL) PHP Source control

Step 2 – getting and installing the CakePHP application

Base install Cleaning up the errors on the home page

Step 3 – setting up the production deployment

Binding your MySQL database to your application Changing the file for deployment Downloading the af command-line tool Pushing your code

And that's it

Quickstart – building a web application

Step 1 – architecture

The models The controllers The views

Step 2 – scaffolding with the command-line tool

Creating the schema definition Creating the database schema Creating the models Creating the controllers Creating the views

Step 3 – taking a look at our scaffolded app Step 4 – what else does "bake" do for us?

API documentation Internationalization, or i18n Generating .pot files

Step 5 – deploying to production

Pushing the code Updating the database

Step 6 – congratulations!

Top 6 features you'll want to know about

What do we know at this point? Routing – naming matters!

A bit more detail

Views and themes

Views summary Views – a quick overview Installing the Cakestarter-Bootstrap theme

Better URLs

Altering the schema Installing the sluggable behavior Making your controllers aware of the slugs Updating the views

Adding the Install page

Using the built-in PagesController

Creating a JSON service for the JavaScript to consume Fixtures and automated tests

What is automated testing? The initial setup

Installing PHPUnit Creating your test database On to the good stuff!

People and places you should get to know

The Bakery Getting support from the community

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channels The Google group, Google Plus page, and CakePHP questions

CakePHP on social media

Twitter Facebook

Conventions and meetups

CakeFest Meetups

Parting words

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