When you have an idea and you want to develop it as an application, you have several choices to make, like the programming language, the open source libraries, the software tools, etc. Along with these choices, it is also important to choose what framework you are going to use. Because frameworks make the development a lot easier and they bring some best practices, out-of-the box, into our project.
And, if you are a PHP programmer, then you have a tough time when it comes to choosing a PHP framework. Because there are n-number of solutions out there. But very few of them stands out, in terms of easy of use, better performance and wide acceptability by programmers. No doubt that CodeIgniter (CI) is one such PHP framework and that’s why I chose CodeIgniter for my PHP development. It is MVC, light-weight, gives better performance, well documented and have a great community following. After using CI, I could really appreciate my decision of choosing it.
So, to get more grip on the CodeIgniter framework, I’d started reading more materials. Currently, I’m reading the book CodeIgniter 1.7 by Jose Argudo Blanco and David Upton. The book claims to improve the PHP coding productivity with CodeIgniter framework. It explains how to use CodeIgniter framework in a better way. Rather than explaining the syntax and rules of CodeIgniter, this book focuses on getting the big picture and ideas on how to use CodeIgniter. Here’s the link to the sample chapter if you are interested : CodeIgniter 1.7 Book – Sample Chapter – Navigating Your Website
This book has around 300 pages, so I guess I might take a week to read it completely. I’ll probably write a review of this book once I done with reading it. So, till then enjoy PHP coding with CI!
