The Definitive Guide to Yii 2.0

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Introduction

• About Yii
• Upgrading from Version 1.1

Getting Started

• Installing Yii
• Running Applications
• Saying Hello
• Working with Forms
• Working with Databases
• Generating Code with Gii
• Looking Ahead

Application Structure

• Overview
• Entry Scripts
• Applications
• Application Components
• Controllers
• Models
• Views
• Modules
• Filters
• Widgets
• Assets
• Extensions

Handling Requests

• Overview
• Bootstrapping
• Routing and URL Creation
• Requests
• Responses
• Sessions and Cookies
• Handling Errors
• Logging

Key Concepts

• Components
• Properties
• Events
• Behaviors
• Configurations
• Aliases
• Class Autoloading
• Service Locator
• Dependency Injection Container

Working with Databases

• 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: Apply version control to your databases in a team development environment
• TBD Sphinx
• TBD Redis
• TBD MongoDB
• TBD ElasticSearch

Getting Data from Users

• Creating Forms
• Validating Input
• Uploading Files
• TBD Getting Data for Multiple Models

Displaying Data

• Data Formatting
• TBD Pagination
• TBD Sorting
• Data Providers
• Data Widgets
• Working with Client Scripts
• Theming

Security

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

Caching

• Overview
• Data Caching
• Fragment Caching
• Page Caching
• HTTP Caching

RESTful Web Services

• Quick Start
• Resources
• Controllers
• Routing
• Response Formatting
• Authentication
• Rate Limiting
• Versioning
• Error Handling

Development Tools

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

Testing

• Overview
• Testing environment setup
• Unit Tests
• Functional Tests
• Acceptance Tests
• Fixtures

Special Topics

• Advanced Application Template
• Building Application from Scratch
• Console Commands
• Core Validators
• Internationalization
• Mailing
• Performance Tuning
• Shared Hosting Environment
• Template Engines
• Working with Third-Party Code

Widgets

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

Helpers

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