This document provides information about a CakePHP workshop hosted by Graham Weldon and Cake Development Corporation. It notes that attendees will learn from core CakePHP developers, get one-on-one support for their code, and network in a comfortable environment. The workshop will cover topics like models, views, controllers, databases and authentication. Code generation tools like Bake will be demonstrated.

2. Who is this bloke?
• Graham Weldon
• PHP: 9 years
• CakePHP Core Developer
• http://grahamweldon.com
• Cake Development Corporation
• http://cakedc.com
• @predominant

3. • Workshops • Conference
• Learn from the core • Presentations from core
developers developers
• Get one on one support • Community presenters
for existing code
• Lightning talks
• Comfortable, easy to
learn environment • Prizes
• Cheaper than ever! • Networking

5. Concept
• Software Requirements
• Impact Analysis
• Documentation

6. Concept
• Projects
• Sections
• Requirements
• Dependencies
• Tests

7. Concept
• Projects
• Sections
• Requirements
• Dependencies
• Tests

8. Defining Standards
• Models
• Views
• Controllers
• Libraries
• Database

9. Standards: Models
• Class name: Singular
• Project
• SoftwareProject
• Filename: Singular (lowercase, underscored)
• project.php
• software_project.php
• Path: /app/models/

10. Standards: Views
• File name: Match Controller action name
• Path: /app/views/<controller>/<action>.ctp

11. Standards: Controllers
• Class Name: Plural
• ProjectsController
• File Name: Plural (lowercase, underscored)
• projects_controller.php
• Path: /app/controllers/

12. Standards: Database
• Tables: Plural (lowercase, underscored)
• projects
• software_projects
• Foreign Keys: Singlular (lowercase, id suffix)
• project_id
• software_project_id

13. Designing the Database

14. User

15. User Project

16. User Project Project

17. User Project Project
Section Section

18. User Project Project
Section Section
Section Section
Section Section

19. User Project Project
Section Section
Section Section
Section Section
R

20. User Project Project
Section Section
Section Section
Section Section
R
R R

21. User Project Project
Section Section
Section Section
Section Section
R
R R
R R

22. User Project Project
Section Section
Section Section
Section Section
R
R R
R R

23. User Project Project
Section Section
Section Section
Section Section
R
R R
R R

24. Baking

25. Models
Controllers
Views

26. Models
Representation of data, and
provision of operations to be
performed on data
Controllers
Views

27. Models
Representation of data, and
provision of operations to be
performed on data
Controllers
Application flow control. Pass model
data to views, prevent unauthorised
access.
Views

28. Models
Representation of data, and
provision of operations to be
performed on data
Controllers
Application flow control. Pass model
data to views, prevent unauthorised
access.
Views
Output from application. XHTML,
JSON, XML, etc.

29. Models
Controllers
Views

30. Models
$ cake bake model user
$ cake bake model project
$ cake bake model section
$ cake bake model requirement
Controllers
Views

31. Models
$ cake bake model user
$ cake bake model project
$ cake bake model section
$ cake bake model requirement
Controllers
$ cake bake controller users
$ cake bake controller projects
$ cake bake controller sections
$ cake bake controller requirements
Views

32. Models
$ cake bake model user
$ cake bake model project
$ cake bake model section
$ cake bake model requirement
Controllers
$ cake bake controller users
$ cake bake controller projects
$ cake bake controller sections
$ cake bake controller requirements
Views
$ cake bake view all

33. Models
$ cake bake model user
$ cake bake model project
$ cake bake model section
$ cake bake model requirement
Controllers
$ cake bake controller users
$ cake bake controller projects
$ cake bake controller sections
$ cake bake controller requirements
Views
$ cake bake view all
There are shortcuts for
most things

34. Models
$ cake bake model user
$ cake bake model project
$ cake bake model section
$ cake bake model requirement
Controllers
$ cake bake controller users
$ cake bake controller projects
$ cake bake controller sections
$ cake bake controller requirements
Views
$ cake bake view all
There are shortcuts for Console help:
most things $ cake bake help

35. Models
$ cake bake model user
$ cake bake model project
$ cake bake model section
$ cake bake model requirement
Controllers
$ cake bake controller users
$ cake bake controller projects
$ cake bake controller sections
$ cake bake controller requirements
Views
$ cake bake view all
There are shortcuts for Console help:
most things $ cake bake help

36. What was generated?

37. Associations

38. Has One
1 .. 1

39. Has Many

40. Has Many
1 .. n

41. Belongs To
1 .. n

42. Has And Belongs To Many

43. Has And Belongs To Many
n .. n

44. Has And Belongs To Many
n .. n
HABTM

45. Authentication

46. Alternate Content
RSS, JSON, XML

47. Training

48. Training
• Beginners • Cake Development
Corporation
• Experienced users
• Employs most of the
• Code Review CakePHP Core dev’s
• Project Management • Largest supporter of the
CakePHP Framework

49. Thanks!