Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2762
EAN: 9781590599068
Edition: 1st ed. 2008. Corr 2nd printing
ISBN: 1590599063
Label: Apress
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishUnknownEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Apress
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 569
Publication Date: December 20, 2007
Publisher: Apress
Studio: Apress

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• ISBN13: 9781590599068
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:


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.




Rating: - Defiitely NEEDS an update!
Not good. Only a third of the way through chapter 2, yes, chapter TWO and I'm seriously considering retiring this book. Things had not been working as they ought to (as he said they would) until I got my hands DIRTY. Dirty as in "retro-fitting" my server to use an OLD version of the Zend framework. Only then did things "start" to work. This author simply moves TOO FAST even for an intermediate programmer. Also, there are NO "workarounds" for common problems a user may run into. It's not good ... Read More

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Rating: - I got so much use from the code in this book.
This book has great examples, and great explanation of the code. I can't remember getting as much mileage out of a tech book before.
I particularly liked the intro to the Zend Framework and Prototype/Scriptaculous. I was very, very impressed.

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Rating: - Needs an update
What attracted me to this book is that, instead of vomiting out a bunch of technology choices and disparate code snippets, the author focuses on a project using his favorite toolset. But I also know that critics believe books like this are kind of a 2-edged sword, because while the principles can be distilled and applied to other tools, it's not always easy. Say you want to use the Zend Framework but choose to use the PHTML-based view scripts instead of Smarty. Well then you are going to have a ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent Book on PHP using Zend Framework, and Web 2.0 Technologies
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. ... Read More

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Rating: - Bad use of zend framework
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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