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About the Book

This book runs through the process of building a simple pastebin website with the CakePHP web application framework. It covers all the topics in your typical CakePHP tutorial, but takes extra care to point out useful information and techniques for speeding up your own application development.

• Developing within a Vagrant Virtual Machine

  Ever tire of setting up a local development server just to screw up the rest of your TCP/IP settings? Fret no more as we work within a virtualized server.

• Managing Dependencies via Composer

  Installing CakePHP, Plugins, and external libraries need not be difficult. Learn how to use the excellent Composer tool to manage libraries your app uses.

• Custom CakePHP Routes

  Customizing your URL structure is important. We go over creating custom route classes, enabling you to really harness the power of the CakePHP Router.

• Using the Powerful Crud Plugin

  Tired of writing the same old CRUD code? Ever wanted to expand the way bake generated data internally? Use the Crud plugin to boost your baking skills.

• User Authentication and Authorization

  Stop fighting the CakePHP AuthComponent. Learn a quick and easy way to add application authentication and protect your app using the simplest authorization code.

• Deploying your application to Heroku

  Rather than attempt to figure out yet another production server, we deploy your application to the cloud using the excellent Heroku platform. For free. Boom.

• Scaffold templates using Bake

  Save time with the bake CakePHP shell and generate your template files with minimal fuss.

• The CakePHP Event system

  Confused on how CakePHP uses events internally? Want to start using them in your everyday code? This book introduces multiple ways to use events. All in simple to understand examples.

About the Author

Jose Diaz-Gonzalez

@savant

I wrote this book after being frustrated with the options for new CakePHP developers. This book is therefore a distillation of my own development practices, mixed with those of other CakePHP Core Developers and the community at large. I focused on getting past the tough issues quickly while utilizing knowledge of the internals to teach you how to create a bakers delight.

Whether you are a CakePHP beginner, or have been using CakePHP for years, this book is designed to ensure you learn exactly what you need to do to craft a high performance application that is also a treat to work with. I hope you enjoy it.

Jose Diaz-Gonzalez, CakePHP Core Developer