Zend Framework 2 Cookbook: If you are pretty handy with PHP, this book is the perfect way to access and understand the features of Zend Framework 2. You can dip into the recipes as you wish and learn at your own pace.

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eBook Dec 2013 340 pages 1st Edition

Josephus Callaars

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Recipes to help you create, test, and optimize your applications
A useful guide for PHP developers wanting to broaden their horizons
Helps you understand how MVC works and how to make it work for you

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Zend Framework 2 is the latest creation of World Wide Web infrastructure company Zend Technologies Ltd. This new PHP framework comes with tons of features and an attractive way of creating applications. Not only is the overall usability of the technology much better, but it also makes your applications more testable, something that is often overlooked. "Zend Framework 2 Cookbook" will show you how applications are set up in Zend Framework 2 and how you can develop successfully in this massive framework. You will master features like Modules, Views, Controllers, and Authentication. The book also discusses the Event Manager, unit testing, and how to optimize your application. The book begins with a discussion about setting up Zend Framework 2, and you will also look at how the framework itself works. By the end of this book, you will be able to create entire secure applications on your own and make sure they are tested and optimized for performance as well. You will learn about sending and receiving e-mails, translation and localization of the application, and how to set up the framework on a Linux web server. You will also learn how to display data from the application to the user by using different display strategies and renderings. The creation of modules will also be discussed. Then, you will move on to look at how to authenticate users and make sure the developer knows how to pick the best method available. Unit testing, debugging, and enhancing the performance will also be covered in this book. "Zend Framework 2 Cookbook" is a perfect book for anyone who wants to start developing with Zend Framework 2.

Who is this book for?

Zend Framework 2 Cookbook" is for PHP developers who are fairly advanced in programming in PHP. It will also be useful for developers who have a keen interest in expanding their knowledge outside the boundaries of simply scripting pages together. As unit testing and MVC will be discussed, it is beneficial for the reader to know what these technologies are, although experience with developing applications is not necessarily essential.

What you will learn

Set up Zend Framework 2 on a Linux web server
Make your application accessible in other countries and languages
Choose and create custom output display renderings
Set up modules and use them as widgets
Connect and query different types of databases
Create the best authentication method
Optimize framework applications
Debug and test framework applications

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Publication date, Length, Edition, Language, ISBN-13

Publication date : Dec 19, 2013

Length: 340 pages

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781849694858

Vendor :

Zend Technologies

Category :

Web Development

Languages :

PHP

Concepts :

Front End Web Development

Tools :

Zend Framework

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ovunc tukenmez Apr 02, 2014

The expectations will be very high for a cookbook since the reader would want to see a solution for every difficulty he/she faces with.When it comes to ZF2, if you are beginner, things may look strange even if you look official programmer's reference guide of Zend Framework 2.The books starts with the basics. In this chapter you see how to setup skeleton application and routing (with the explanation of different "route types"), a short explanation of DI, how to create config files, in which order they merges and why we need local and global ones. ZF2's event driven architecture is also explained with an example.In the second chapter, you see how to translate and localize your application with the I18 module. You see different ways to setup translation files (with arrays, using gettext or ini files) You will also learn how to use Poedit to translate .po files. How to select different languages identifying client language is also explained. Next you skip to the mail section where you will understand how to send email with different approaches.From chapter 3 to 7, most used zf2 components during development process are explained. Using forms to get the input from the user, validating and filter them, working with view, what are the view helpers and how to use and create them, switching to different output using view strategy/renderer, details of layout system, how to configure and connect to database, which database engines that available, why we should createStatement() function instead of query() function, CRUD operations with TableGateway, advanced select query generation, db profiling, details of modules, modules and services are explained in these chapters.In 7th chapter different authentication methods are explained. You will also learn how to setup and create auth service, how to force HTTPS protocol, certificate validation.In the next chapter, different caching mechanisms are explained in order to optimize performance.Last chapter is dedicated to error handling and unit testing.In the appendix you will learn how to set up the essentials with the Zend Server Community Edition or using phpcloud service for your development process. Basic ZF2 structure is also explained here. As a bonus, there is a flow chart diagram to understand what happens in the system after a request made.If it had the Navigation (with ACL) section, it would be better however once you get the idea how the framework components work, it becomes very easy task for you.In conclusion, it is nice to have this book for a reference even if you already familiar with ZF2 to learn new ways to do things.

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William H Scholtz Jan 20, 2014

Believe me, since I switched to Zend framework 2, mid 2012, I have purchased and used all the manuals out there. I just wish this cookbook was available earlier. It is easy to read, the examples can not be more easier to explain, and is good for beginners right up to advanced users.I strongly recommend this book, id you need to quickly start to work, and understand, the ZF 2 API.No, let me re phrase, if you are building application in the ZF2 environment, this cookbook is a must!This book is power. Again, why was it only published now?William H Scholtz

Lenka Krafková Apr 10, 2014

The book is written literally as a cookbook. However, as a cookbook doesn't make you a professional cook, this book also won't make you a professional developer. It contains number of recepies (such as "using database") that show you how to use certain parts of ZF2. This approach has some pros and some cons - it's good that you can find the part you're interested in (like the db) easily and learn how to use it. But there is one problem with this cookbook - the parts are not connected to each other. It's like a manual, but much better for beginners as it explains things in plain language in more logical order. It starts with the ZF2 basics (routing, events, DI) and slowly moves towards more complex topics such as authentication or performance optimization. I think that a user without any prior ZF2 knowledge would be happy with the book. I, as a little more advanced user, missed the more complex topics and connection between the parts.

Brianleigh65 Aug 02, 2015

Far too opaque - should be made clear this is a book for experts

Zend Framework 2 Cookbook: If you are pretty handy with PHP, this book is the perfect way to access and understand the features of Zend Framework 2. You can dip into the recipes as you wish and learn at your own pace.

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