I highly recommend you to become familiar with basic php http://php.net/manual/en/tutorial.php, http://php.net/manual/en/ and object oriented programming (OOP) in php http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.php first. Sure you can learn php and OOP using CakePHP but this will be a very *hard* way.
CakePHP makes use of OOP and some so called design patterns like MVC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design_pattern On Monday, December 1, 2014 4:05:11 AM UTC+1, Lorne Dudley wrote: > > Hello Matt > > Thanks for the suggestion. Can you give me a link to something simpler > ? I am really struggling to understand how cakePHP works, coming from a > raw HTML (with minimal javascript) background. As you suggest, I would > like to start up simple and then progress to more complicated models once I > can see how the simple stuff works. > > Regards > > Lorne > > On Sunday, November 30, 2014 9:46:13 PM UTC-5, mbingham wrote: >> >> Hello Lorne, >> >> Might I suggest working on something that is simpler for the moment? >> Something that doesn't require both core app logic *and* auth code. Back >> off. Find something that isn't so meaty and ease into it. Failing that, >> try to implement this blog tutorial without the auth component and then >> start over (yes over -- you'll benefit from solving the same problems with >> different eyes) with it. >> >> Good luck! >> Matt >> >> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 12:16 AM, Lorne Dudley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello John ! >>> >>> Thanks for responding. My major problem seems to be interpreting the >>> tutorial properly and not making typo errors. The tutorial neglected to >>> mention that <?php tags should enclose some of the samples. I have made >>> some progress since yesterday but still have not got the authorization >>> stuff completely coded. >>> >>> I was hoping someone on the list might have accomplished a clean >>> installation and would be willing to share their work. >>> >>> I will keep working at this and perhaps post later if I encounter more >>> problems. I think there might be some design problems in part one of the >>> tutorial on how >>> the flow between various screens works but I will hold off detailing >>> that "problem" until I get the authorization part "completed". >>> >>> A download of the completed working code sure would have been nice ! >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Lorne >>> >>> >>> On Friday, November 28, 2014 12:45:35 PM UTC-5, John Andersen wrote: >>>> >>>> Can I understand you correctly, that there are no actual error in the >>>> blog tutorial, just that it gives you grief? >>>> >>>> If I am mistaken, please be so kind and explain to us, how you >>>> experience the error? How far have you got in the tutorial? What is not >>>> displayed correctly? ... and provide screenshots if possible. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance >>>> Enjoy, John >>>> >>>> On Thursday, 27 November 2014 21:52:06 UTC+2, Lorne Dudley wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello ! >>>>> >>>>> I am a new user to cakePHP (version 2.6.0-RC1) and am attempting to >>>>> learn by tutorial. >>>>> >>>>> The blog tutorial at http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/ >>>>> en/tutorials-and-examples/blog/part-two.html is giving me grief in >>>>> that it does not display as expected. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have a properly working example who would be willing to >>>>> send me copies of the following files ? >>>>> >>>>> /app/Config/routes.php >>>>> /app/view/Posts/edit.ctp >>>>> /app/view/Posts/add.ctp >>>>> /app/view/Posts/index.ctp >>>>> /app/view/Posts/view.ctp >>>>> /app/Controller-PostsController.php >>>>> /app/Model/Post.php >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Lorne Dudley >>>>> Kingston, Ontario >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>> Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP >>> Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "CakePHP" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
