Like its predecessor, Yii2 provides several useful tools and reusable code blocks to help us quickly develop our applications, known as widgets and helpers. Yii2 also provides us with the ability to build and include mini applications known as modules that can enable us to rapidly add new features to our application while maintaining a clear separation of concerns in our main application and any extended functionality. In this chapter, we'll cover the basics of building and working with modules within our application. We'll also cover several of Yii2's built-in widgets and helpers and learn how we can implement our own custom widgets.
Mastering Yii
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Mastering Yii
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Overview of this book
The successor of Yii Framework 1.1, Yii 2 is a complete rewrite of Yii Framework, one of the most popular PHP 5 frameworks around for making modern web applications. The update embraces the best practices and protocols established with newer versions of PHP, while still maintaining the simple, fast, and extendable behavior found in its predecessor.
This book has been written to enhance your skills and knowledge with Yii Framework 2. Starting with configuration and how to initialize new projects, you’ll learn how to configure, manage, and use every aspect of Yii2 from Gii, DAO, Query Builder, Active Record, and migrations, to asset manager. You'll also discover how to automatically test your code using codeception.
With this book by your side, you’ll have all the skills you need to quickly create rich modern web and console applications with Yii 2.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Mastering Yii
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Composer, Configuration, Classes, and Path Aliases
Console Commands and Applications
Migrations, DAO, and Query Building
Active Record, Models, and Forms
Modules, Widgets, and Helpers
Asset Management
Authenticating and Authorizing Users
Routing, Responses, and Events
RESTful APIs
Testing with Codeception
Internationalization and Localization
Performance and Security
Debugging and Deploying
Index
Customer Reviews