Learning from the CakePHP source code - Part I
Felix Geisendorfer, the author behind ThinkingPHP and beyond has posted an interesting article recently titled Learning from the CakePHP source code – Part I. In it, Felix begins a walkthrough of the CakePHP framework. To answer the question “Why bother?”, Felix says:
When hanging out in #cakephp I usually try to answer questions people have as good as I can. A lot of the times I have no idea what the answer is and in most cases the fastest way to find out is by looking at the core code. Ok, the manual is pretty decent these days and I would recommend most people to look for an answer in there first. But if you take the time to study the core code, you’ll be able to answer almost any question by yourself, no matter if it has been answered somewhere before.
Then after a bit more discussion, he starts talking about the “heart of CakePHP, the Dispatcher”.
Unfortunately, this particular post, (Part I) is long on the Why and very short on the “How”. It’s great that Felix is undertaking this endeavor and given his experience on #cakephp, I don’t doubt that future posts in this series will be much more helpful. However, this particular post should be considered the “Introduction” section of the series. I look forward to the next chapter.
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