Yii2 Application Development Cookbook

Discover 100 useful recipes that will bring the best out of the Yii2 framework and be on the bleeding edge of web development today

Key Features

• Learn how to use Yii2 efficiently through clear examples and core features, and see how to use tests, create reusable code snippets, core widgets, deployment, and more
• This book provides you with a wide space for practice approaches and helps you to learn about the new Yii2 framework.
• Understand the difference between the Yii 1.x.x versions using useful examples from real web applications

Book Description

What you will learn

• See the new version of the Yii2 framework and application development practices
• Write your applications more efficiently using shortcuts, Yii's core functionality, and the best practices in Web 2.0
• Get data from a database, and deal with Active Record, migrations, widgets, and core features
• Easily update your skills from the previous version of the framework
• Explore how to use Yii with different JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as WebSockets, Angular, Ember, Backbone and React
• Learn how to keep your application secure according to the general web application security principle "filter input, escape output.
• Write RESTfull Web Services using Yii2 and built-in features
• Correctly install and use official extensions in your projects
• Effectively create and implement your own Yii extension, and also ensure your extension is reusable and useful for the community

Who this book is for

This book is for developers with good PHP5 knowledge and MVC-frameworks who have tried to develop applications using the Yii 1.x.x version. This book will very useful for all those who would like to try Yii2, or those who are afraid to move from Yii 1.x.x. to Yii2. If you have still not tried Yii2, this book is definitely for you!