Mastering Yii

Mastering Yii

Advance your modern web application development skills with Yii Framework 2 About This Book Learn to work with the key aspects of Yii Framework 2 Explore how to create RESTful APIs with Yii Incorporate codeception with Yii2 to test your code thoroughly Who This Book Is For This book is for Yii Framework developers who want to quickly master Yii2. This book assumes some familiarity with Yii2, PHP 5, and HTML5. What You Will Learn Explore Yii2's conventions and learn how to properly configure Yii2 Create both web and console applications Reduce development time by learning to create classes automatically with Gii, Yii2's automatic code generation tool Use Yii2's database migration tool Manage and access databases with Active Record, DAO, and Query Builder Handle user authentication and authorization within Yii2 Create RESTful APIs with Yii Framework 2 Test applications automatically with codeception In Detail The successor of Yii Framework 1.1, Yii2 is a complete rewrite of Yii Framework, one of the most popular PHP 5 frameworks 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 Yii2. Style and approach This book is a step-by-step guide to mastering every aspect of Yii Framework 2. Each chapter outlines a new set of tools along with code that can be used to efficiently create modern web and console applications

Mastering Yii

Yii Framework Engineering

"Yii Framework Engineering" "Yii Framework Engineering" is a comprehensive guide for advanced developers and software architects seeking to master the inner workings of modern Yii-based applications. Through a detailed examination of Yii’s core architecture, the book explores foundational design philosophies, component-based organization, and methods for efficient dependency management, providing readers with the expertise needed to structure, segment, and configure complex applications across diverse environments. Core focus is given to advanced practices such as leveraging service locators, refining the event system, and optimizing Composer and autoloading strategies to ensure scalable and maintainable codebases. A significant portion of the book delves into the model, controller, and view layers, unpacking essential concepts like ActiveRecord customization, high-performance query strategies, sophisticated data validation, and relational optimizations. It details best practices for building RESTful APIs, managing robust request lifecycles, enforcing stringent security controls, and delivering responsive, internationalized user experiences. Readers will learn to adopt efficient caching, handle non-relational data, and embrace modern front-end frameworks, equipping them to craft both traditional web applications and rich SPAs with seamless integration. Recognizing the realities of today’s deployment landscape, "Yii Framework Engineering" additionally covers the full spectrum of professional engineering concerns: from rigorous testing and quality assurance, through scaling with distributed caching, session management, and asynchronous processing, to automating deployments with cloud-native, CI/CD, and DevOps strategies. The concluding chapters focus on extending Yii through modular engineering, custom extension development, and package management, empowering teams to build powerful, reusable, and enterprise-grade Yii solutions for the most demanding production environments.