MVC Frameworks for Building PHP Web Applications

Explore six Model-View-Controller (MVC) frameworks: Zend, Symfony, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Yii, and Laravel. Learn how to select the right framework for your app development project.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. About PHP Frameworks

• Why use a framework?
• Understanding MVC: Model View Controller
• Introducing framework concepts
• Choosing the right framework
• Windows setup
• macOS setup

2. Zend 3

• Intro to Zend 3
• Zend concepts and features
• Zend components
• Zend setup
• Zend app walkthrough
• Zend advanced concepts and next steps

3. Symfony 3

• Intro to Symfony 3
• Symfony concepts and features
• Symfony components
• Symfony setup
• Symfony app walkthrough
• Symfony advanced concepts and next steps

4. CodeIgniter 3

• Intro to CodeIgniter 3
• CodeIgniter concepts and features
• CodeIgniter classes
• CodeIgniter setup
• CodeIgniter app walkthrough
• CI advanced concepts and next steps

5. CakePHP 3

• Intro to CakePHP 3
• CakePHP concepts and features
• CakePHP components
• CakePHP setup
• CakePHP app walkthrough
• CakePHP advanced concepts and next steps

6. Yii 2

• Intro to Yii 2
• Yii concepts and features
• Yii classes and widgets
• Yii setup
• Yii app walkthrough
• Yii advanced concepts and next steps

7. Laravel 5

• Intro to Laravel 5
• Laravel concepts and features
• Laravel classes
• Laravel setup
• Laravel app walkthrough
• Laravel advanced concepts and next steps

Conclusion

• Comparing frameworks and next steps