yii2/docs/guide/index2.md

Introduction

• What is Yii
• Upgrading from Version 1.1

Getting Started

• Overview
• Starting with Basic App
• Starting with Advanced App
• Starting from Scratch
• What's Next

Fundamentals

• Properties, Events and Behaviors
• Class Autoloading
• Object Configurations
• Path Aliases
• Request Lifecyle
• Entry Scripts
• Applications
• Controllers and Actions
• Views
• Models
• Requests
• Responses
• Filters
• Widgets
• Modules
• Extensions

Working with Database

• Basics - Connecting to a database, basic queries, transactions and schema manipulation
• Query Builder - Querying the database using a simple abstraction layer
• ActiveRecord - The active record ORM, retrieving and manipulating records and defining relations
• Working with Redis
• Working with MongoDB
• Working with ElasticSearch
• Working with Sphinx

Special Topics

• Asset Management
• Authentication
• Authorization
• Building RESTful Web Services
• Caching
• Console Commands
• Creating Extensions
• Data Formatting
• Debug Toolbar and Debugger
• Error Handling
• File Upload
• Generating Code using Gii
• Generating API Documentation
• Input Validation
• Internationalization
• Logging
• Mailing
• Pagination and Sorting
• Performance Tuning
• Routing and URL Management
• Security
• Service Locator and Dependency Injection
• Testing
• Theming
• Using Auth Clients
• Using Template Engines
• Working with 3rd-Party Code
• Working with Cookies
• Working with HTML Forms
• Working with Sessions

Widgets

• Overview
• GridView: link to demo page
• ListView: link to demo page
• DetailView: link to demo page
• ActiveForm: link to demo page
• ...other widgets...

Helpers

• Overview
• Html: code snippets organized by practical use cases
• Url
• ...other helpers...