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Beginning Yii

Fast track your web application development by harnessing the power of the Yii PHP framework

“Fast track your web application development by harnessing the power of the Yii PHP framework

About This Video

Develop sophisticated Web 2.0 apps using PHP and Yii

Ideal for PHP developers new to Yii and framework-based development

Build powerful, reliable, and scalable apps fast

Clear and concise video tutorials from an experienced Yii developer

In Detail

Yii is a fast, secure, and professional web development framework that makes PHP ideal for Web 2.0 applications. The Beginning Yii video course shows you how to rapidly develop sophisticated and reliable web apps using PHP and Yii.

Using screencast demonstrations and clear explanations, this friendly video course will show you how to:

Install and configure Yii on your existing web stack

Create working prototypes in a single command using Yii application generators

Develop applications that follow the popular Model-View-Controller methodology

Manipulate data from various sources with the ActiveRecord class

Find and use powerful third party extensions, quickly adding functionality to your apps

Improve your site’s look and feel with themes and layouts

Test and debug your application with PHPUnit and Selenium

Build solid error handlers

Serve custom images from your Yii code

Deploy your application to a live server environment

Throughout the videos Chris Backhouse shares his practical experiences as a Yii developer in a clear, friendly manner. If you’ve never used Yii before you’ll be amazed how quickly it enables you to build powerful and reliable applications.

You’ve heard about the benefits of web frameworks for web application developers. Now watch Beginning Yii and experience these benefits for yourself.

Course Curriculum

Exploring Yii

• Introduction to the Course (2:28)
• What Is a Framework? (3:35)
• What Is an MVC? (3:29)
• MVC Request Routing (3:20)
• Introducing Yii (3:21)

Getting Started with Yii

• Getting Started with Yii (3:14)
• Generating a Web Application with Yii (4:26)
• Configuring Yii (4:17)
• Developing a Photo Gallery Application (3:23)
• Using Gii to Generate the CRUD Application (3:53)

Starting Development (Using Our IDE)

• Introducing the CActiveRecord Object (4:10)
• Forms and the CHtml Component (3:45)
• Using Third-party Extensions to Enhance Functionality (4:28)
• Simplifying Database Queries Using Yii’s ActiveRecord Class (3:40)
• Creating and Updating Our Album Model (4:16)
• Embedding a Subform (4:13)

Testing

• Testing Our Application (3:04)
• Setting Up Our Test Environment (4:13)
• Creating a Unit Test to Automate the Testing of Common Tasks (3:38)
• Using Fixtures (3:36)
• Functional Testing with Selenium Server (4:06)

The Photo Application

• Installing Yii Extensions (3:42)
• Preparing the Forms and Inserting the Uploader Widget (3:26)
• Building a Controller Action to Upload and Crunch Our Images (3:49)
• Understanding the GridView and Customizing It’s Layout (4:23)
• Adding Finishing Touches to the Photo Album Management Forms (4:32)

Themes, Layout and User Access

• Theming an Application (3:57)
• Modifying the Default System Layout to Modify the Menus (3:45)
• User Authentication – The Default Yii Model (4:02)
• Extending the Yii User Model to Suit Our Application (4:09)
• Understanding the Yii Security Model (4:21)

Debugging, Logging and Error Handling in Yii

• Using Xdebug to Debug Your Applications in Real Time (5:22)
• Configuring Yii to Use Different Log Routes (4:53)
• Profiling SQL queries (4:12)
• Installing and Using the Yii Debug Toolbar Extension (4:43)
• Exception Handling in Yii Using the CException and CHttpException classes (4:55)

Customizing Our Album Interface

• Including Tags -Part 1 (3:34)
• Including Tags – Part 2 and Using Model Behaviors (3:48)
• Using Lookups and Dropdown-List Boxes (4:27)
• Adding the Comment Add and Display Forms (4:59)
• Deploying Our Photo Application (4:41)