Re: Advice for a newbie?
Definitely go with CakePHP 3.0. The ORM and query builder is awesome. Don't ramp up two learning curves, just start with 3.0. On Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 5:37:30 AM UTC-7, Jim_1993z wrote: > > Hello, > > I am an occasional database programmer, going way back to dBase days and I > want to wean myself off microsoft access. CakePHP looks interesting. I have > never really done anything in PHP, but I have at times studied it and > believe I could master it. Tried Ruby on Rails but learning curve was steep > considering I have a day job. > > So I have another project that could start off as a very simple CRUD app, > but I want to make it much more powerful over time. It would store lab > data. Lots of different tests on lots of samples. I built apps like this in > Access b4 that were quite useful. Back to PHP and Cake. I made a virtual > Ubuntu Server yesterday and installed Cake 2.6.3. Haven't gone any further. > Then I read about Cake3. I like what read about the new ORM. What to do... > Should I go ahead and make my simple app in 2.6.3 or start right off with > the quite new version 3? Should I learn more PHP first? Can I install Cake3 > side by side with Cake 2.6.3? Thanks in advance. > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Advice for a newbie?
Since weeks there is only one real option: Cake3 :) Use this version right away, as a bonus it just became stable as of today enjoy Happy Baking Mark Am Sonntag, 22. März 2015 13:37:30 UTC+1 schrieb Jim_1993z: > > Hello, > > I am an occasional database programmer, going way back to dBase days and I > want to wean myself off microsoft access. CakePHP looks interesting. I have > never really done anything in PHP, but I have at times studied it and > believe I could master it. Tried Ruby on Rails but learning curve was steep > considering I have a day job. > > So I have another project that could start off as a very simple CRUD app, > but I want to make it much more powerful over time. It would store lab > data. Lots of different tests on lots of samples. I built apps like this in > Access b4 that were quite useful. Back to PHP and Cake. I made a virtual > Ubuntu Server yesterday and installed Cake 2.6.3. Haven't gone any further. > Then I read about Cake3. I like what read about the new ORM. What to do... > Should I go ahead and make my simple app in 2.6.3 or start right off with > the quite new version 3? Should I learn more PHP first? Can I install Cake3 > side by side with Cake 2.6.3? Thanks in advance. > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
