Yii 1.1 Application Development Cookbook

Every cookbook starts off with a built-in limitation: given a finite size and editorial deadline, the author has made a decision on what "recipes" to include. As a reader, your satisfaction, in part, will be determined by how well you think that decision was made. Even worse for the author, the reader varies in skill from novice to expert, each with their own unique set of expectations.Who is the target audience? Alexander Makarov has targeted the intermediate developer which is not to say that beginners won't find anything useful. Some will catch on fine while others will want to bone up on MVC fundamentals and beginning Yii first.The recipes are structured in a straightforward way:1) Getting ready2) How to do it3) How it works4) There's more...5) See alsoThe structure works well. The "getting ready" section is generally the same: create a webapp, then create a database and tables, where needed, to support the example. This makes it possible to open the book anywhere and start a self-contained recipe. "How to do it" is the actual code. "How it works" is the explanation of the code. If there's more to say, you'll see it in "There's more...". "See also" contains a list of related topics.Conclusion:On the whole, I believe that the author made the right choices. Oh there are things I would have like to have seen; different choices I would have made (the section on performance tuning comes to mind). But when asked "was my money well spent", I have to answer a definite yes.

I consider myself very technical but this book has beat me! I was looking to buy a book that would guide me though this complex topic but the book made me give up! I hope that this will not happen to anyone else.

It's very simple, easy to read, and show detailed technics programing with the most powerfull PHP's framework of actuality.I hope new books about language and framework.

Good book. Full review of Yii framework v.1.1 with tips and tricks, with usefull examples.Describing of specific topic about Tests, DB, Security and other important things.