Zend Framework 2: Learn the PHP framework ZF2 from scratch

In this lecture, the structure and architecture of a Zend Framework 2 web application is discussed, and after watching this lecture, you should understand the MVC design pattern.

This lecture takes a closer look at Zend Framework 2's module manager and discusses how it works, and how it enables the modular structure of ZF2. You should understand the basics of the module manager and module system after completing this lecture.

This lecture takes a closer look at Zend Framework 2's service manager and discusses how it works, and how it is used to manage services within ZF2. You should understand the basics of the service manager after completing this lecture.

This lecture takes a closer look at Zend Framework 2's event manager as well as event-driven systems in general. The advantages of such a system are discussed, and at the end of this lecture, you should have an idea of how events are used in ZF2.

This lecture discusses how routing works in Zend Framework 2, including the various route types. You will find examples of adding routes to ZF2, and at the end of this lecture, you should have a good idea of how to use routing in Zend Framework 2.

This lecture discusses the concept of view helpers, and briefly walks through the various view helpers that are shipped with Zend Framework 2. At the end of this lecture, you should understand the concept of view helpers and have an overview of which view helpers are at your disposal.

This lecture discusses the concept of controller plugins, and briefly walks through the various controller plugins that are shipped with Zend Framework 2. At the end of this lecture, you should understand the concept of controller plugins and have an overview of which controller plugins are at your disposal.

This lecture introduces the dependency management tool Composer and walks through the basics that are required in order to use the tool to install Zend Framework 2. You should be familiar with the essential workings and commands of Composer at the end of this lecture.

This lecture shows how to install Zend Framework 2 using Composer, including setting up a virtual host for the Apache web server. You should have a high level understand of how to install and set up Zend Framework 2, and should quite easily be able to adapt this to other platforms.

This lecture introduces the concept of forms in Zend Framework 2 and shows how to use a form to add new blog posts. At the end of this lecture, you should have a decent understanding of how to implement forms in Zend Framework 2.

This lecture adds an input filter to a form and uses this to validate a form's input data. When finishing this lecture, you should understand how to validate form data in Zend Framework 2.

This lecture binds data that was submitted with an HTML form to an object, and at the end of the lecture, you should be able to bind form data to your own objects.

This lecture walks through the process of creating the tables that are needed to complete the subsequent lectures.

A database connection is set up in this lecture, and you should be able configure a database connection at the end of this lecture.

In this lecture, you will learn how to insert data into a relational database within Zend Framework 2, and should be able to insert data into one or multiple tables at the end of the lecture.

An initializer is implemented in this lecture and is used to conveniently inject a database adapter into the application's repositories. At the end of the lecture, you should understand how initializers work and how to implement them.

In this lecture, blog posts are retrieved from the database and displayed on a page. After completing this lecture, you should be able to retrieve data from a database in Zend Framework 2.

In this lecture, pagination is added to the page that displays a list of blog posts. After this lecture, you should be able to implement pagination in Zend Framework 2 and be familiar with how pagination works.

This lecture adds a page that displays a single blog post. At the end of this lecture, you should be familiar with writing SELECT queries using the Zend\Db namespace.

This lecture goes through the process of adding functionality that is capable of updating blog posts within the database. After completing this lecture, you should understand how to write UPDATE queries by using the Zend\Db namespace.

This lecture goes through the process of adding functionality that is capable of deleting blog posts within the database. At the end of this lecture, you should understand how to write DELETE queries by using the Zend\Db namespace.

This lecture discusses how to implement the ACID principle that is used in computer science, within Zend Framework 2. It takes a closer look at using transactions and shows an example of how to implement this in a repository. After watching this lecture, you should understand the advantages of using database transactions, and should be able to implement this in Zend Framework 2.

In this lecture, CSS stylesheets are added to the application. You will learn how to add stylesheets to pages in Zend Framework 2.

This lecture walks through the process of creating the table that is needed to complete the subsequent lectures.

This lecture walks through the process of adding the User module to the application. After completing this lecture, you should be able to add a new module to a ZF2 application.

This lecture adds functionality that saves users to the database and encrypts passwords by using the Bcrypt encryption algorithm. After completing this lecture, you should understand how to encrypt passwords with Zend Framework 2 and should understand the main advantages of the Bcrypt algorithm.

This lecture adds login functionality to the application, and you will learn how to compare a hashed password with a clear text password in Zend Framework 2.

This lecture adds log out functionality to the application, and you will learn how to log users out in Zend Framework 2, and should be able to implement this feature.

This lecture shows how to use sessions in Zend Framework 2 and how data can be written to and read from sessions. You should be able to work with session data after completing this lecture.

This lecture adds a layout that is specific to the User module and also shows how to change the layout within a specific controller action. At the end of the lecture, you should be able to add a layout to a given ZF2 module as well as for a particular controller action.

This lecture adds functionality that adds the currently logged in user as the author when creating a blog post. You should understand how to access the identity of a logged in user after completing this lecture.

This lecture recaps on what was accomplished in this course.