Cook up Web sites fast with CakePHP, Part 1: Getting started

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Resources

• Visit CakePHP.org to learn more about it.
  
  
• The CakePHP API has been thoroughly documented. This is the place to get the most up-to-date documentation for CakePHP.
  
  
• The Cookbook is Cake's Wiki-driven user manual, and contains lots of helpful information.
  
  
• There's a ton of information available at The Bakery, the CakePHP user community.
  
  
• CakePHP Data Validation uses PHP Perl-compatible regular expressions.
  
  
• Read a tutorial titled "How to use regular expressions in PHP."
  
  
• Want to learn more about design patterns? Check out Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software , also known as the "Gang Of Four" book.
  
  
• Check out some Source material for creating users.
  
  
• Check out the Wikipedia Model-View-Controller.
  
  
• Here is more useful background on the Model-View-Controller.
  
  
• Here's a whole list of different types of software design patterns.
  
  
• Read about Design Patterns.
  
  
• PHP.net is the central resource for PHP developers.
  
  
• Check out the "Recommended PHP reading list."
  
  
• Browse all the PHP content on developerWorks.
  
  
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• Expand your PHP skills by checking out IBM developerWorks' PHP project resources.
  
  
• To listen to interesting interviews and discussions for software developers, check out developerWorks podcasts.
  
  
• Using a database with PHP? Check out the Zend Core for IBM, a seamless, out-of-the-box, easy-to-install PHP development and production environment that supports IBM DB2 V9.
  
  
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