Resources

Learn

• It seems natural to start with the Wikipedia entry for wiki.
  
  
• Check out WikiWikiWeb for a good discussion about wikis.
  
  
• Visit the official home of CakePHP.
  
  
• Check out the "Cook up Web sites fast with CakePHP" tutorial series for a good place to get started.
  
  
• The CakePHP API has been thoroughly documented. This is the place to get the most up-to-date documentation for CakePHP.
  
  
• There's a ton of information available at The Bakery, the CakePHP user community.
  
  
• Find out more about how PHP handles sessions.
  
  
• Check out the official PHP documentation.
  
  
• Start with the "Considering Ajax" series to learn what you need to know before using Ajax techniques when creating a Web site.
  
  
• Read the five-part "Mastering Ajax" series on developerWorks for a comprehensive overview of Ajax.
  
  
• CakePHP Data Validation uses PHP Perl-compatible regular expressions.
  
  
• See a tutorial on "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.
  
  
• Source material for creating users.
  
  
• Check out the Model-View-Controller on Wikipedia.
  
  
• 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 resource for PHP developers.
  
  
• Check out the "Recommended PHP reading list."
  
  
• Browse all the PHP content on developerWorks.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Stay current with developerWorks' technical events and webcasts.
  
  
• Check out upcoming conferences, trade shows, webcasts, and other Events around the world that are of interest to IBM open source developers.
  
  
• Visit the developerWorks Open source zone for extensive how-to information, tools, and project updates to help you develop with open source technologies and use them with IBM's products.
  
  
• Visit Safari Books Online for a wealth of resources for open source technologies.
  
  

Get products and technologies

• Innovate your next open source development project with IBM trial software, available for download or on DVD.
  
  

Discuss

• Participate in developerWorks blogs and get involved in the developerWorks community.
  
  
• Participate in the developerWorks PHP Developer Forum.
  
  

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• Before you start
• Introduction
• Architecture
• How will Criki do all that?
• Scaffolding
• Summary
• Download
• Resources
• About the author

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