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Laravel Application Development Cookbook
Over 90 recipes to learn all the key aspects of Laravel, including installation, authentication, testing, and the deployment and integration of third parties in your application Overview In Detail When creating a web application, there are many PHP frameworks from which to choose. Some are very easy to set up, and some have a much steeper learning curve. Laravel offers both paths. You can do a quick installation and have your app up-and-running in no time, or you can use Laravel’s extensibility to create an advanced and fully-featured app. Laravel Application Development Cookbook provides you with working code examples for many of the common problems that web developers face. In the process, it will also allow both new and existing Laravel users to expand their knowledge of the framework. This book will walk you through all aspects of Laravel development. It begins with basic set up and installation procedures, and continues through more advanced use cases. You will also learn about all the helpful features that Laravel provides to make your development quick and easy. For more advanced needs, you will also see how to utilize Laravel’s authentication features and how to create a RESTful API. In the Laravel Application Development Cookbook, you will learn everything you need to know about a great PHP framework, with working code that will get you up-and-running in no time. What you will learn from this book Approach This book is written in the form of a Cookbook, with practical recipes for building web applications and explaining some of the more complex features of Laravel. Who this book is written for The Laravel Application Development Cookbook is for PHP developers who are new to Laravel or development frameworks in general, as well as experienced Laravel developers looking to expand their knowledge. This book assumes that the reader has some familiarity with PHP.
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272 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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January 4, 2014
This book contains roughly 90 task-based tutorials, all roughly 3-4 pages in length. Each tutorial begins with a short introductory paragraph, and continues on to a point-form summary of code and configuration. As the tutorials are so short; there are usually between 4 and 8 steps to complete a task. The tasks expand on the official documentation; filling a gap in which API meets real-world tasks.
The layout of each task is formulaic, and while this breeds consistency; it hurts context. There are many tasks where I would have preferred more descriptive text. Many of the code points also need description closer to code. Sometimes "In the views/common directory, open header.php and use this code as follows" is not enough to justify strange or new code.
I also missed syntax highlighting. The book is about code and syntax-highlighting is as important to reading code as grammar is to reading a novel. I can understand when self-publishers omit this sort of thing; because of the limitations of their cheap-as-free tools, but big publishing outfits have the resources to ensure this sort of slip-up doesn't happen.
I enjoyed most of the tasks, though there were some obscure sections on setup (right in the beginning of the book). There are a broad range of topics; including forms, authentication, database, controllers, routing, views, packages, security and testing. There are also many tasks focussed on JavaScript and third-party service integration. These range, in difficulty, from beginner to intermediate.
The content is suited to short bursts of development activity. Since the tasks are short and quick; the book finds it's place as a reference book. Need to implement OAuth and remember reading about it in the cookbook? Pull it off the shelf and flip to that chapter! While this is the reason I have many of the books that I do; it's not the best for prolonged learning/development sessions. At around the twentieth consecutive task, they all start to blend together until you start to forget what you've already done.
The best way you can use this book is to pick a handful of tasks you want to achieve and learn them. Remember what you've done, each session, and know where to find them again when the time comes to implement in a real-world situation. It's good for that!
The layout of each task is formulaic, and while this breeds consistency; it hurts context. There are many tasks where I would have preferred more descriptive text. Many of the code points also need description closer to code. Sometimes "In the views/common directory, open header.php and use this code as follows" is not enough to justify strange or new code.
I also missed syntax highlighting. The book is about code and syntax-highlighting is as important to reading code as grammar is to reading a novel. I can understand when self-publishers omit this sort of thing; because of the limitations of their cheap-as-free tools, but big publishing outfits have the resources to ensure this sort of slip-up doesn't happen.
I enjoyed most of the tasks, though there were some obscure sections on setup (right in the beginning of the book). There are a broad range of topics; including forms, authentication, database, controllers, routing, views, packages, security and testing. There are also many tasks focussed on JavaScript and third-party service integration. These range, in difficulty, from beginner to intermediate.
The content is suited to short bursts of development activity. Since the tasks are short and quick; the book finds it's place as a reference book. Need to implement OAuth and remember reading about it in the cookbook? Pull it off the shelf and flip to that chapter! While this is the reason I have many of the books that I do; it's not the best for prolonged learning/development sessions. At around the twentieth consecutive task, they all start to blend together until you start to forget what you've already done.
The best way you can use this book is to pick a handful of tasks you want to achieve and learn them. Remember what you've done, each session, and know where to find them again when the time comes to implement in a real-world situation. It's good for that!
December 2, 2013
One of the bases of laravel is keep it simple and elegant as possible, i like the way the author displays the information, first it show you what to do, then how to do it and finally he explains how it works, it helps you to understand what are you doing and get a really understanding of the framework.
I'm moving from another PHP framework, and this book was a good starting point for me, it includes how to install it, how to set your code editor and local server so you can start coding your laravel app really fast, it also includes some common security uses, how to build a RESTful API, it’s like the title says you chose want you want to implement, follow the recipe and learn.
I really recommend this book.
I'm moving from another PHP framework, and this book was a good starting point for me, it includes how to install it, how to set your code editor and local server so you can start coding your laravel app really fast, it also includes some common security uses, how to build a RESTful API, it’s like the title says you chose want you want to implement, follow the recipe and learn.
I really recommend this book.
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