yii learning road map

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
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hi all.

i am a codeigniter user.

i wont to learn yii framework for my next projct.

i have 4 week time to start next project.

plz learn me what is the best road map for learning fast yii framework.

thanks all.

regards.

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I would say that it’s a must to start with the Definitive Gude to Yii - http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/

Read it, generate the first webapp, test it, explore it…

After that it’s all on you what to do next…

dive in your new Yii application… or maybe start with the blog tutorial to get more experience with Yii - http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/blog/

There are already few complete websites release as open source so you can check them to see how they combine different parts of Yii…

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thanks.

this is ok for start a new project…?

yii is easy or …?

4 week is enugh for learning yii?

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I would say that Yii is very easy… but in the end… it all depends on you and how fast you get to understand it’s way of working…

It certainly helps current understanding of object PHP and jQuery…

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ok.

i start this book.

i add you as friend.

if i have question can you help me?

so i start user guid and blog…

i have a big project (google local simulation , ) i need a tools for RAD and best Admin generator , and easy to learn and use for all team member, we dont like zend,symfony and…

yii is best?? i hope

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Thank you for adding me as a friend… but please do not use PM (private messages) for asking questions…

The idea of the forum is to post here so that anybody can help you… and that anybody in the future can have the benefit of reading the answers if they have a similar problem… by using PM that is not the case…

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If you dont like zend and symfony :angry: :lol:

I’m not sure Yii is for you… because I believe you dont like them because you think they are hard… but actually Zend Framework is very easy.

Zend Framework and Yii actually have a lot in common…

I like them both a lot… but with Yii you can get more with less coding… (not that big difference but…)

Yii is not that hard to master, but it has a lot of tricky design patterns, and also it is not for the lazy ones.

You MUST have the ability to explore yourself, ability to read and understand guides, and some basic debugging skills and a little experience needed as well…

I recommend you this book http://yiicookbook.org/ it will help you a lot, but it wont do the project for you.

I think the first test to know if you are mature to start with Yii - is to read the guide http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/

If you understand nothing - Yii is not for you.

(actually when I just first met Yii I was total noob, and understood nothing… but now after some experience and learning it is very easy and intuitive for me, so you need to be mature in your skills and mind set)

It is amazing guide, really containing all what you need…

Code igniter is known for his amazing documentation… but Yii is also well documented now and easy to start…