I recommend that, first off, you have these prerequisites: * Solid PHP skills, including a basic understanding of using OOP (object-oriented programming) in PHP * MySQL skills * A basic understanding of what an MVC framework is
With that foundation, I recommend that you begin with, in the following order: 1. The 15-minute blog tutorial 2. The "temp docs" for CakePHP 1.2. A previous poster linked to this. But it's incomplete, so get comfortable in... 3. 1.2 Beta's API. Things have changed, and in fact, the 15-minute blog tutorial won't entirely work if you use Cake 1.2 Along the way, ask any non-obvious questions in this Google Group, and on the #cakephp channel in IRC. Thomas On Jan 21, 9:04 am, Oxygen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been playing around with CakePHP for a little over 24 hours in > total now and I've just given up on the IBM "Cook up Web sites fast" > tutorial; it was hopelessly buggy and inconsistent. I don't want to > rant, and obviously some parts are out of date, but for this tutorial > to be one of the suggested ways of getting started seems a little > wrong. > > I have a bad habit of sticking with a tutorial once I've started, I > should probably have given up sooner, but I can't be alone in > wondering what the most efficient way to get into CakePHP is. > > Thanks, > Ben Heley --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
