The Definitive Guide to Yii 2.0

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Introduction

• About Yii - What is Yii and what is it good for?
• Upgrading from Version 1.1

Getting Started

• TBD Overview - Where should you start from?
• Starting with Basic App - Best for developing a single-tier application by a single person
• Starting with Advanced App - Best for developing an enterprise application by a team
• Starting from Scratch - Learning more in-depth details of creating a Yii application step-by-step

Basic Concepts

• Object Properties
• Events
• Behaviors
• Object Configurations
• TBD Class Autoloading
• TBD Path Aliases
• TBD Extensions
• Service Locator
• TBD Dependency Injection Container

Basic Structure

• MVC Overview
• TBD Entry Scripts
• TBD Applications
• Controllers and Actions
• Views
• Models
• TBD Widgets
• TBD Modules

Handling Requests

• TBD Request Lifecycle
• TBD Bootstrapping
• TBD Routing
• TBD Requests
• TBD Responses
• TBD Sessions and Cookies
• URL Parsing and Generation
• TBD Filtering

Collecting Inputs

• Creating Forms
• Input Validation
• TBD Uploading Files
• TBD Inputs for Multiple Models

Presenting Data

• TBD Data Formatting
• TBD Pagination
• TBD Sorting
• Data Providers
• Data Widgets
• Managing Assets

Working with Database

• Data Access Objects - Connecting to a database, basic queries, transactions and schema manipulation
• Query Builder - Querying the database using a simple abstraction layer
• Active Record - The active record ORM, retrieving and manipulating records and defining relations
• Migrations
• TBD Sphinx
• TBD Redis
• TBD MongoDB
• TBD ElasticSearch

Security

• Authentication
• Authorization
• Working with Passwords
• TBD Auth Clients
• TBD Best Practices

Caching

• Overview
• TBD Data Caching
• TBD Fragment and Page Caching
• TBD HTTP Caching

RESTful Web Services

• Quick Start
• TBD Resources
• TBD Routing
• TBD Data Formatting
• TBD Authentication
• TBD Rate Limiting
• TBD Versioning
• TBD Caching
• TBD Error Handling
• TBD Testing

Testing

• Overview
• TBD Unit Tests
• TBD Functional Tests
• TBD Acceptance Tests
• Fixtures

Extending Yii

• Creating Extensions
• Customizing Core Code
• Using 3rd-Party Libraries
• TBD Using Yii in 3rd-Party Systems
• TBD Using Yii 1.1 and 2.0 Together
• Using Composer

Development Tools

• Debug Toolbar and Debugger
• Generating Code using Gii
• TBD Generating API Documentation

Special Topics

• Configuring Web Servers
• Console Commands
• Handling Errors
• Internationalization
• Logging
• TBD Mailing
• Performance Tuning
• Template Engines
• Theming

Widgets

• GridView: link to demo page
• ListView: link to demo page
• DetailView: link to demo page
• ActiveForm: link to demo page
• Pjax: link to demo page
• Menu: link to demo page
• LinkPager: link to demo page
• LinkSorter: link to demo page
• Bootstrap Widgets
• TBD Jquery UI Widgets

Helpers

• TBD ArrayHelper
• TBD Html
• TBD Url
• TBD Security