FuelPHP is a great tool, focused on writing web applications in a simple and fast way that requires less PHP code. It allows you to quickly build prototypes using scaffolding and command-line tools, allowing you to concentrate on the fun part of trialing ideas and concepts.
Learning FuelPHP for Effective PHP Development contains several tutorials that will help you build a powerful and engaging application, and in the process, you will learn more about FuelPHP. This book gives the experience of installing and building a FuelPHP project in a step-by-step way.
The book starts by detailing the features of FuelPHP and then delves into the creation of a simple application. We then move on to scaffolding our application using the powerful FuelPHP Oil command-line tool. We conclude the book with an introduction to the community.
Chapter 1, What is FuelPHP?, gives you a quick introduction to FuelPHP and some of the changes expected in Fuel PHP Version 2.0.
Chapter 2, Installation, covers installing FuelPHP and setting up your development environment.
Chapter 3, The Architecture, gives you a basic overview of the FuelPHP architecture and will cover where to store your project code followed by the summary of this chapter.
Chapter 4, Demo Application, will cover the creation of a project with example code and a step-by-step guide. It will also cover creating the administration system, easy form creation, and using the HTML5 Boilerplate with templates.
Chapter 5, Packages, will introduce packages and highlight important ones for use on projects.
Chapter 6, Advanced Topics, will introduce more advanced topics including modules, routing, and unit testing.
Chapter 7, Welcome to the Community, covers getting help from the community.