Learning CakePHP 3

Learn how to build PHP web applications with CakePHP 3, the latest version of the popular PHP development framework.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. What Is CakePHP?

• Overview of CakePHP
• CakePHP as an MVC framework
• Convention over configuration

2. Getting Started with CakePHP

• CakePHP requirements
• Installation of CakePHP on Mac OS X
• Installation of CakePHP on Windows
• CakePHP configuration
• CakePHP folder structure conventions
• CakePHP naming conventions

3. Building Our First CakePHP App

• CakePHP shell
• Bake a CakePHP project

4. CakePHP Controllers

• Working with controllers
• Controller and request flow
• Controller methods
• Controller parameters
• Controller pagination
• Additional controller properties

5. CakePHP Models

• Working with models
• Create a hasOne association
• Use belongsTo, hasMany, and belongsToMany associations
• Find your data
• Retrieve associated data
• Save your data
• Delete your data
• Standard CakePHP validation
• Create custom validation
• Entity methods
• Entity setters and getters

6. CakePHP Views

• Working with views
• View elements
• View blocks
• View layouts

7. CakePHP Components

• Introduction to CakePHP components
• Standard CakePHP components
• Create and use a custom component

8. CakePHP Behaviors

• Introduction to CakePHP Behaviors
• Standard CakePHP Behaviors
• Creating and using a custom Behavior

9. CakePHP Helpers

• Introduction to CakePHP helpers
• Standard CakePHP helpers
• Creating and using a custom helper

10. CakePHP Utilities

• Hash
• Collections
• Logging
• Modelless forms

11. CakePHP Email

• Sending an email
• Sending email via the mailer

12. CakePHP Plugins

• What is a CakePHP plugin?
• Installing CakePHP plugins
• Create and use a custom plugin

13. Unit Testing CakePHP Applications

• Our first test case
• Testing a CakePHP table
• Testing a CakePHP entity
• Testing a CakePHP controller
• Testing a CakePHP behavior
• Testing a CakePHP component

14. User Authentication and Authorization

• Log in and log out a user
• Authorize a user
• Using routes to authorize a user

Conclusion

• Next steps