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

Basic Concepts

• Object Properties
• Events
• Behaviors
• Object Configurations
• Class Autoloading
• Path Aliases
• Extensions
• Service Locator
• Dependency Injection Container

Key Components

• MVC Overview
• Entry Scripts
• Applications
• Controllers and Actions
• Views
• Models
• Action Filters
• Widgets
• Modules

Handling Requests

• Request Lifecycle
• Bootstrapping
• Routing
• Requests
• Responses
• Sessions and Cookies
• URL Parsing and Generation

Collecting Input Data

• Creating Forms
• Input Validation
• Uploading Files
• Handling Multiple Models

Presenting Data

• Data Formatting
• Pagination
• Sorting
• Data Providers
• Data Widgets
• Managing Assets

Working with Database

• Data Access Objects - Connecting to a database, basic queries, transactions and schema manipulation
• Query Builder - Querying the database using a simple abstraction layer
• Active Record - The active record ORM, retrieving and manipulating records and defining relations
• Migrations
• Sphinx
• Redis
• MongoDB
• ElasticSearch

Security

• Authentication
• Authorization
• Auth Clients
• Best Practices

Caching

• Overview
• Data Caching
• Fragment and Page Caching
• HTTP Caching

RESTful Web Services

• Quick Start
• API Endpoints
• Resources
• Data Formatting
• Authentication
• Rate Limiting
• Versioning
• Caching
• Error Handling
• Testing
• Documentation

Testing

• Overview
• Unit Tests
• Functional Tests
• Acceptance Tests
• Fixtures

Extending Yii

• Creating Extensions
• Customizing Core Code
• Using 3rd-Party Libraries
• Using Yii in 3rd-Party Systems
• Using Yii 1.1 and 2.0 Together

Development Tools

• Debug Toolbar and Debugger
• Generating Code using Gii
• Generating API Documentation
• Using Composer

Special Topics

• Console Commands
• Handling Errors
• Internationalization
• Logging
• Mailing
• Performance Tuning
• Template Engines
• Theming

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...