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Get Going With CakePHP Framework

Session Type: 
Talk
Track: 
Software Development

CakePHP is one of the most popular open source PHP Frameworks for web development. This talk will help PHP developers understand the framework and get going with it. The talk will also cover the basic concepts of MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern.

The talk will emphasize on the features of CakePHP and how rapid web applications can be developed with it. Following are the tentative topics that will be covered in the talk.

  • What is a PHP framework (in general)
  • What is CakePHP
  • What is MVC and how is it implemented in CakePHP
  • Installing CakePHP
  • Models and Associations
  • What are Components
  • What are Helpers
  • Where to find CakePHP help