What this book covers

Chapter 1, Lightning Introduction, is a set of quick-start recipes to dive head first into using the framework and build out a simple CRUD around product management.

Chapter 2, Advanced Routing, looks at a couple of routing solutions and how to achieve them with the framework.

Chapter 3, HTTP Negotiation, looks at various scenarios where working with HTTP is greatly simplified by CakePHP.

Chapter 4, API Strategies, looks at a couple of ways to expose an API using CakePHP, so you can then decide which fits best with your application.

Chapter 5, Using Authentication, looks at various ways of handling authentication and access control when using the framework.

Chapter 6, Model Layer, looks at the various aspects of models and tells us how to wield their power.

Chapter 7, Search and Pagination, revises some recipes to help you get familiar with Search and Pagination in the framework.

Chapter 8, Events System, looks at the fundamentals of the events system, with a couple of recipes to get you handling events.

Chapter 9, Creating Shells, outlines some common use cases when using shell tasks as well as some built-in shell commands that come with the framework.

Chapter 10, View Templates, looks at various aspects of the view layer in CakePHP and tells us how to get the most out of templates, code reuse, translations, caching, and more.

Chapter 11, Unit Tests, looks at how CakePHP leverages the PHPUnit library to provide a solid base for unit testing, including handling dependencies, fixtures, as well as using the bake shell for testing.

Chapter 12, Migrations, looks at how simple it is to build and maintain your database while keeping your schema changes up to date with your code base.