Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2762
EAN: 9781590599068
ISBN: 1590599063
Label: Apress
Manufacturer: Apress
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 569
Publication Date: December 20, 2007
Publisher: Apress
Studio: Apress
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Want to assert yourself as a cutting-edge PHP web developer? Take a practical approach, learning by example from author Quentin Zervaas, and discover how to bring together the many technologies needed to create a successful, modern web application.
In Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP, PHP, MySQL, CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript/Ajax development techniques are brought together to show you how to create the hottest PHP web applications, from planning and design up to final implementation, without going over unnecessary basics that will hold you back. This book includes must-have application features such as search functionality, maps, blogs, dynamic image galleries, and personalized user areas. The Zend Framework is used extensively to build the application, allowing you to focus on developing the application rather than on reinventing the wheel.
Topics covered include application planning and design; setting up the application framework; using CSS for easier styling; adding dynamic effects the easy way using JavaScript libraries such as Prototype and script.aculo.us; and implementing several must-have web application features such as user login, blogs, dynamic image galleries, search functionality, mapping with Google Maps, and much more. Zervaas covers everything in a practical, tutorial style so you can start working on your own projects as quickly as possible.
- Create cutting-edge PHP/MySQL web applications.
- Implement must-have functionality such as blogs, maps, search functionality, and dynamic image galleries.
- Master styling with CSS and dynamic effects using Ajax/JavaScript libraries.
What you'll learn - How to set up the perfect PHP/MySQL application development environment
- How to implement basic user management functionality
- How to use many of the components from the Zend Framework
- How to effectively make use of the Prototype and script.aculo.us JavaScript libraries, including many examples of developing custom JavaScript classes
- How to create standards-compliant and accessible HTML code and effectively style it using CSS
- How to create a basic blog system and enhance it with Ajax
- How to add personalized user areas to your web application
- How to create a dynamic image gallery
- How to add search functionality to your application
- How to use the Google Maps API to add maps to your application
- How to implement popular Web 2.0 features, such as microformats, tags, and web feeds
Who is this book for?
This book is for any PHP developer who wants to stay ahead of the curve, with practical, high-level web application development techniques.
About the Apress Practical Series
The Practical series from Apress is your best choice for getting the job done, period. From professional to expert, this series lets you apply project-motivated templates (or frameworks) step by step in a very direct, practical, and efficient manner toward current real-world projects that may be sitting on your desk. So whatever your career goal, Apress can be your trusted guide to take you where you want to go on your IT career empowerment path.
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This is a great book that deserves 5 stars. First, let me say that I don't normally give reviews but this book has compelled me to.
First, the guy who gave it 2 stars doesn't understand that the whole point of the Zend Framework is that you don't have to abide by a strict set of rules. It's a glue framework.
The author uses some custom abstract classes for interacting with the database and handling forms. He doesn't explain how they work but the whole point of OOP is encapsulation. Your using those classes (extending them) but you don't necessarily understand how they work completely. I mean do you understand how everything in the Zend Framework works? NO and thats the point of using a frame work because you extend from it. All his custom code has been unit tested as well too.
I understand that Zend Framework has classes for interacting with the database and form processing and eventually will look into them.
That being said, ... Read More
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The autor, doesnt follow any convention of the zend framework. He constantly uses some of his clases developed years ago, integrating those classes with the zend framework, but he never explains deeply how they work, so you must followe along with out understanding how thing works.
And with more than 20 php books readed, i think i cant tell that this book, is not good for learning, neither zend framework, or oop
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When it comes to learning a new technical skill or programming
language, Apress has always provided me with excellent resources that go in-depth and fully explain the language inside and out. "Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP" is no different. It covers everything from planning and design to walking you through constructing a simple blog system using the popular PHP Zend Framework as well as a smattering of Web 2.0 concepts, ideologies and design patterns thrown in between.
When I set out to read this book, I was not looking to learn much in terms of PHP, but was looking for some new web design practices that have come about with the dawn of Web 2.0, and I must say that I was not disappointed. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking to further their knowledge of Web 2.0 designs and practices. But beware, the book does assume that you have knowledge of PHP and dives straight into the Zend Framework to illustrate the usefulness of dynamically generated ... Read More
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OK, now the term "Web 2.0" has been used to death in the past 2 years I know. But that doesnt mean you cant jump on the bandwagon and understand how to create web aplications using PHP right?
PHP has been around over 10 years and is still the most popular web programming language around (yes, way more than ASP.NET). Although ASP.NET has the advantage of more "bells and whistles" built-in to its .NET framework on server controls, that doesnt mean you can't create beautiful, sharp and cool looking web applications in PHP.
This book written by Quentin Zervaas really explains how to use mutliple technologies (Zend Framework, Smarty Template Engine, PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript libraries). The author steps you through creating a pretty cool blogging web application.
There are lots of different technologies used throughout this book but hte author explains them expertly and never allows the reader to get lost. He always goes through the reasoning process of ... Read More
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I was having a hard time wrapping my brain around MVC and ZF until I found this book. Thank you for this outstanding work!
It is extremely well written and supported by great code samples. Some of the material is quite complex and I had to read several chapters multiple times to grasp the content. I feel much more confident of handling large web projects armed with this knowledge. The other book that I would recommend for serious ZF programmers is Zend Framework in Action(Manning)
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