{"product_id":"9781847194572","title":"Symfony 1.3 Web Application Development: Design, develop, and deploy feature-rich, high-performance PHP web applications using the Symfony framework","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign, develop, and deploy feature-rich, high-performance PHP web applications using the Symfony framework\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate powerful web applications by leveraging the power of this Model-View-Controller-based framework\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers all the new features of version 1.3 – many exciting plug-ins for you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn by doing without getting into too much theoretical detail – create a \"real-life\" milkshake store application\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes best practices to shorten your development time and improve performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Description\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its flexible architecture, the Symfony framework allows you to build modern web applications and web services easily and rapidly. The MVC components separate the logic from the user interface and therefore make developing, changing, and testing your applications much faster. Using Symfony you can minimize repetitive coding tasks, optimize performance, and easily integrate with other libraries and frameworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough this framework contains with many powerful features, most developers do not exploit Symfony to its full potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book makes it easy to get started and produce a powerful and professional-looking web site utilizing the many features of Symfony. Taking you through a real-life application, it covers all major Symfony framework features without pushing you into too much theoretical detail, as well as throwing some light on the best practices for rapid application development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book takes you through detailed examples as well as covering the foundations that you will need to get the most out of the Symfony framework. You will learn to shorten the development time of your complex applications and maintain them with ease. You will create several useful plug-ins and add them to your application and automate common tasks. The book also covers best practices and discussions on security and optimization. You will learn to utilize all major features of this framework by implementing them in your application.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end, you should have a good understanding of the development features of Symfony (for Propel as well as Doctrine editions), and be able to deploy a high-performance web site quite easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you will learn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet up the foundations for a database-driven web site using Symfony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate a list of products by accessing data from a database, paginate the menu, and then customize its look\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate forms – from simple contact forms to complex ones – with user-defined fields using sfFormExtraPlugin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSend email notifications to the customers using PHP SwiftMailer library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate quick development task plug-ins to save your development time and package them into your application\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConfigure and customize Symfony’s admin generator to create a nice looking back-office\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecure your backend application with the Symfony authentication mechanism, leveraging the power of the sfGuardPlug-in security and authentication plug-in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate an advanced admin panel with JavaScript that allows image files to be uploaded and thumbnails to be automatically generated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnhance your search mechanism by using the JQueryAutoComplete Widget to add an auto-complete feature to it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllow your users to choose their preferred language for display by introducing internationalization and localization to your application\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrate a component from another framework into your application with minimum effort\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptimize the response time of your site by using compression and caching\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for PHP web developers who want to get started with Symfony 1.3. If you are already using Symfony 1.0 or are new to Symfony, you will learn how to use it in the best way to produce better applications faster.Basic knowledge of Object Oriented design and ORM will be quite helpful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46613806547185,"sku":"9781847194572","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781847194572_p0.jpg?v=1779803871","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781847194572","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}