Griffiths A. - CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development [2010, PDF, ENG]

CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development

Год выпуска: 2010
Автор: Adam Griffiths
Издательство: Packt Publishing
ISBN: 1849510903
Формат: PDF
Качество: eBook (изначально компьютерное)
Количество страниц: 300
Описание: CodeIgniter is an open source PHP framework with a small footprint and exceptional performance. It gives you a rich set of libraries for common tasks, with a simple interface to access them. There are several unexplored aspects of CodeIgniter that can help developers build applications more easily and quickly. In this book, you will learn the intricacies of the framework and explore some of its hidden gems.If you want to get the most out of CodeIgniter, this book is for you. It teaches you what you need to know to use CodeIgniter on a daily basis. You will create mini-applications that teach a specific technique and let you build on top of the base.

This book will take you through developing applications with CodeIgniter. You will learn how to make your CodeIgniter application more secure than a default installation, how to build large-scale applications and web services, how to release code to the community, and much more. You will be able to authenticate users, validate forms, and also build libraries to complete different tasks and functions.

The book starts off introducing the framework and how to install it on your web server or a local machine. You are introduced to the Model-View-Controller design pattern and how it will affect your development. Some important parts of the CodeIgniter Style Guide are included to keep CodeIgniter development as standardized as possible; this helps greatly when working as part of a team or taking on an old CodeIgniter project. You will quickly move on to how CodeIgniter URLs work and learn about CodeIgniter-specific files such as helpers and plugins. By the time you finish this book, you will be able to create a CodeIgniter application of any size with confidence, ease, and speed.
This guide will enable you to become well-versed with CodeIgniter through practical applications using the tools and techniques used by many seasoned CodeIgniter developers.

Become a CodeIgniter expert with professional tools, techniques and extended libraries

Learn expert CodeIgniter techniques and move beyond the realms of the User Guide
Create mini-applications that teach you a technique and allow you to easily build extras on top of them
Create CodeIgniter Libraries to minimize code bloat and allow for easy transitions across multiple projects
Utilize third-party APIs (Twitter oAuth and Facebook Connect) and make use of some less-known helper functions – CodeIgniter’s hidden gems
A step-by-step, practical guide with examples and screenshots
What you will learn from this book

Learn the Model-View-Controller design pattern to structure your code
Create more readable and maintainable queries using the Active Record implementation
Create and maintain database tables using the Database Forge class
Authenticate users using Twitter oAuth and Facebook Connect
Create your own Authentication Library for more control over your user accounts
Secure your application using CodeIgniter’s built-in functionality and some quick tips to help further
Build a RESTful Web Service, opening up your application to third-party developers
Create extended Controllers, grouping functionality into multiple Controllers helping to keep repeated code to a minimum
Learn techniques used by professionals to scale CodeIgniter over multiple servers
Learn top tips for releasing code to the community and giving support to the developers using your code