It takes the developer through setting CakePHP development and deployment environment, and develop an application example to illustrate all the techniques you need to write an application, complete non-trivial in PHP. It aims to assist PHP programmers to rapidly develop and deploy web based applications well-crafted and robust with CakePHP. What you will learn from this book? Developing well-structured applications faster, using the MVC CakePHP Install and set up CakePHP Create and configure your database to build a bookmark manager interface step by step build a model that is integrated with the database and provides basic features for your application: insert, update, delete, search, and relationships Create a view which presents the user interface in an interesting way, organized, and maintained Develop controllers to interact with model classes, use callback functions, and create reusable components Prototype applications fast using scaffolding to auto-generate the code the user interface layout Create custom user interfaces using , elements, helper classes, and CakePHP FormHelper Build complex data models with multiple related tables, using the association Cake Improve your data model by adding new functionality such as user authentication and automatic data validation repetitive tasks and speed up development with shellfish reduces the amount of code you write yourself using Bake to automatically generate essential code based on your database design Add interactivity using JavaScript and AJAX Working with user pages, search, pagination, and RSS Approach The book begins by installing Cake and build our first application, then look at each major component of CakePHP application in detail. This book is packed with sample applications and demo code, so you can see the technique in action. Who is this book written for? If you already know PHP and want to develop cutting-edge Web 2.0 applications, or see how to write code in a faster, more productive, then this book is ideal for you.