Well I'm a beginner too, but I can start you out with some encouragement at least, and some advice. First of all, I think you've chosen the right framework: It sounds like your application is exactly what CakePHP was built for. Here's the process that I've gone through, which has worked for me. 1) Learn as much php as you can. 2) Get all the installations done correctly (php, apache, mysql, cakephp) 3) Follow all Cake conventions (http://manual.cakephp.org/appendix/ conventions) 4) Do the blog tutorial, and read the manual (which you've done) 5) Understand database structure, and spend as much time as you need getting your database set up correctly. This mostly means following the naming conventions. Once the database is designed well, Cake starts to do amazing things. 6) Set up your models (/app/models), and make sure your associations are done correctly (http://manual.cakephp.org/chapter/models - see section 4) 7) Set up your controllers with scaffolding, and nothing but scaffolding. Don't worry about the views yet, let the scaffolding create them for you. 8) When the scaffolding is done right, you'll be able to start using your application and doing CRUD operations on your database. This is where you can tweak the DB design. 9) Get the "bake" application going. This is (or can be) an involved and complicated process, but it's worth it. 10) Bake everything (it will produce pages and pages of code for, fleshing out the views the you never created, for example). 11) Tweak. Add. Modify. Change.
I know I haven't actually told how to do any of these things. I just wanted to outline a process that worked for me. To get help along the way (i.e. to actually do these steps), the best advice I can give is to make liberal use of the IRC channel and this group. Don't be afraid to ask questions, and don't be put off when people are rude to you. Just be polite, and keep asking questions. There are my deux centimes. -Andy On Feb 24, 6:58 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've decided to build a new site that will be a directory of > skateparks where users can submit skateparks along with photos, get > directions, rate and comment on parks, etc and I'm going to try and > use cakePHP to do this. I must say that just starting out, I feel like > i've gotten way in over my head. I've done the basic blog tutorial on > the cakePHP site and I understand it to an extent. I am having some > confusions on how to tackle this, since it is rather involved. Any > ideas on the first things I should tackle and what to look out for > would be appreciated. Also, how would I go about allowing volunteers > contribute to this project without allowing them access to my > databases. I have quite a lot of information stored and I am afraid of > someone deleting it or something similar. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
