Matthieu wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I'm planning to make a web application, it's a kind of a social > network. Would you know some guidelines to make this app from A to Z. > I want to build a space rocket, it's kind of a projectile... Just kidding. My point is you'll won't get much help by tossing a vague project idea on the list and expecting a how-to guide to just come out of the blue. > Shall I start with the design, the data base or the php classes? Would > you know a well-known model about it because I don't know where to > start actually? > I take it you're not very familiar with CakePHP, I suggest you read through http://book.cakephp.org/ and try the tutorials in the example application section. That should get you up and running with CakePHP. Once you're ready to go on to your project, the natural way to get things done is: 1) Gather requirements / broad use cases. You'll end up with an idea of which pages you'll have and what they will do as well as an idea of what data you'll be handling. Don't try to be too thorough at this point or you'll be stuck here forever. 2) Sketch your database, use a graphical tool for this such as MySql Workbench. Pay attention to CakePHP conventions! 3) Pick a use case, bake the models you think you'll need for this use case 4) Scaffold your controller / views 5) Validate your model (i.e. make sure you're gathering all the required data for this particular use case and that the data is well related), repeat 2-4 until you're satisfied. 6) bake views and controllers, customize tem as necessary to fulfill this particular use case, don't be too rigorous on layout/design at this point, just make sure your views are well structured and functional 7) reevaluate your use cases, you'll probably find that you missed something, go back to 1 refine your use cases 8) repeat 1-7 until you run out of use cases finally, once you're requirements are met, brush up your design and deploy your application.
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