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CodeIgniter Web Application Blueprints

By : Robert Foster

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CodeIgniter Web Application Blueprints

3.8 (6)

By: Robert Foster

Overview of this book

If you are a PHP programmer or developer looking for a framework to quickly develop your applications, this book is for you. The prerequisites needed would be prior experience with CodeIgniter.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

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1. Introduction and Shared Project Resources

1. Introduction and Shared Project Resources

Common resources

Downloading CodeIgniter

Installing Twitter Bootstrap

Removing index.php from the address bar

Installing and using Sparks

Creating a shared header and footer view

Common language items

Creating the MY_Controller file

Autoloading common system resources

Security considerations

Summary

2. A URL Shortener

2. A URL Shortener

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating views

Creating controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

3. Discussion Forum

3. Discussion Forum

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php file

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the models

Creating views

Creating the controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

4. Creating a Photo-sharing Application

4. Creating a Photo-sharing Application

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php and autoload.php files

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating the views

Creating the controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

5. Creating a Newsletter Signup

5. Creating a Newsletter Signup

Introduction

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating the views

Creating the controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

6. Creating an Authentication System

6. Creating an Authentication System

Introduction

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php file

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the models

Creating the views

Creating the controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

7. Creating an E-Commerce Site

7. Creating an E-Commerce Site

Introduction

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php file

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating the views

Creating the controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

8. Creating a To-do List

8. Creating a To-do List

Introduction

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php file

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating views

Creating the controller

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

9. Creating a Job Board

9. Creating a Job Board

Introduction

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php file

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating views

Creating the controller

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

Index

Index

Summary

So, here we have a basic job board application; it is capable of allowing people to create jobs, displaying those jobs, searching for jobs, and it also allows people to apply for these jobs. However, there are still areas of improvement and scope to add greater functionality; perhaps you could do the following:

Add e-mail confirmation for the applicant. You could add a functionality to the jobs/apply() function to send a confirmation e-mail to the applicant when they apply for a job.
Limit the number of applications. You could add a functionality to limit the number of job applications per job; logic would be needed to calculate which came first: the sunset date or the application limit.
You could paginate the results. Currently, all active jobs are displayed in the jobs/index() function. You might wish to add pagination to this, limiting the number of jobs per page to a set number—25 per page, for example.
You can have detailed search options. You could add a more complex search...

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