- Paperback: 328 pages
- Publisher: PACKT PUBLISHING (23 Jun 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1847193579
- ISBN-13: 978-1847193575
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 19 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 971,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book is for professional PHP developers who either already use an in-house developed CMS, or are developing one, and want a thorough explanation of solutions to the common issues faced in CMS development, or simply want a working framework on which to build.
About the Author
Martin Brampton is now primarily a software developer and writer, but he started out studying mathematics at Cambridge University. He then spent a number of years helping to create the so-called legacy, which remained in use far longer than he ever expected. He worked on a variety of major systems in areas like banking and insurance, spiced with occasional forays into technical areas such as ship hull design, and natural gas pipeline telemetry. After a decade of heading IT for an accountancy firm, a few years as a director of a leading analyst firm, and an MA degree in Modern European Philosophy, Martin finally returned to his interest in software, but this time transformed into web applications. He found PHP5, which fits well with his prejudice in favor of programming languages that are interpreted and strongly object oriented. Utilizing PHP, Martin took on development of useful extensions for the Mambo (and now also Joomla!) systems, then became a team leader for developing Mambo itself. More recently, he has written a complete new generation CMS named Aliro, many aspects of which are described in this book. He has also created a common API to enable extensions to be written with a single code base for Aliro, Joomla (1.0 and 1.5) and Mambo www.acmsapi.org. All in all, Martin is now interested in too many things and consequently has little spare time. But his focus is on object oriented software with a web slant, much of which is open-source. He runs Black Sheep Research, which provides software, speaking and writing services, including "The Brampton Factor", a monthly column for silicon.com where he is politely described as a veteran analyst.
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I was expecting a book about the theory and design of a CMS Framework and how to go about building one which this doesn't do. The author takes you through an existing Framework (aliro) and is basically a documentation of some of the code that is used in the Framework with no explanation of how to go about creating your own. Got board after the first 4 chapters and ended up skipping the majority of the 2nd half of the book.
Even as an Aliro Development book it is still quite poor.
Unhelpful snippets of code are given with references to other classes/methods which aren't explained at all, with lots of 'the code is too lengthy and complex to include here' but here are a few methods which I'm not going to explain what the variables are for.
Each section explains a different part of the Framework but there is no explanation of how it all fits together.
Overall a total disappointment, in which I learnt nothing new about creating a Framework or about how Aliro does it. There are few PHP Framework books but this one is best avoided.
Even as an Aliro Development book it is still quite poor.
Unhelpful snippets of code are given with references to other classes/methods which aren't explained at all, with lots of 'the code is too lengthy and complex to include here' but here are a few methods which I'm not going to explain what the variables are for.
Each section explains a different part of the Framework but there is no explanation of how it all fits together.
Overall a total disappointment, in which I learnt nothing new about creating a Framework or about how Aliro does it. There are few PHP Framework books but this one is best avoided.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Wasn't keen on this book at all. It takes you through the building of the author's new CMS (name escapes me), but during the book it makes reference to custom functions, the code for which is nowhere to be found. Or if it is somewhere in the book, it's far too hard to find - because I couldn't.
I thought this would be a book about how to build a CMS from the ground up, but it's not. It's more of an overview of a pre-existing solution.
There are far better books out there for the beginner PHP programmer looking to step up to intermediate level. Best avoided.
I thought this would be a book about how to build a CMS from the ground up, but it's not. It's more of an overview of a pre-existing solution.
There are far better books out there for the beginner PHP programmer looking to step up to intermediate level. Best avoided.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
should "Aliro" also have been in the title ?
27 Jun 2008
Perhaps "Aliro" should have been in the title? It is the name of a CMS written by the author in PHP5. The entire book can be considered as a case study in how and why to use PHP5 for writing web applications. As opposed to perhaps using PHP4 or another server side scripting language.
The book delves into detailed aspects of Aliro and how it can be customised by you for your particular CMS needs.
En route, Brampton also offers good, general advice about programming, not necessarily even restricted to PHP5. Consider patterns as one example. This is now a dominant paradigm amongst many programmers. He does not argue against patterns or their merit, but cautions that an overdependence might ironically constrain your thinking and subsequent design in ways that avoid finding an optimal solution. I don't recall any recently published book that I have read which even goes so far as to circumspectly say this caveat about them.
Another item of good advice is to warn you against letting your PHP code run dynamically generated code (using "eval"). Dynamic code has a nice conceptual allure and is indeed powerful. But especially when such code might include user supplied input, and where, remember, the code is being run server-side, then there are huge security problems. Don't even think about using dynamic code.
Also, we see that Aliro uses Role Based Access Control. Mostly by partitioning off some key tasks into those only done by an adminstrator. Brampton claims (rightly I believe) that this enhances the security, given the realities of a CMS having multiple users of varying capabilities and intentions remotely accessing it.
The book delves into detailed aspects of Aliro and how it can be customised by you for your particular CMS needs.
En route, Brampton also offers good, general advice about programming, not necessarily even restricted to PHP5. Consider patterns as one example. This is now a dominant paradigm amongst many programmers. He does not argue against patterns or their merit, but cautions that an overdependence might ironically constrain your thinking and subsequent design in ways that avoid finding an optimal solution. I don't recall any recently published book that I have read which even goes so far as to circumspectly say this caveat about them.
Another item of good advice is to warn you against letting your PHP code run dynamically generated code (using "eval"). Dynamic code has a nice conceptual allure and is indeed powerful. But especially when such code might include user supplied input, and where, remember, the code is being run server-side, then there are huge security problems. Don't even think about using dynamic code.
Also, we see that Aliro uses Role Based Access Control. Mostly by partitioning off some key tasks into those only done by an adminstrator. Brampton claims (rightly I believe) that this enhances the security, given the realities of a CMS having multiple users of varying capabilities and intentions remotely accessing it.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Well worth it.
13 July 2009
Will this book expand your knowledge of advanced PHP programming? Absolutely.
A rich set of object-oriented features, combined with successful implementation makes scalable PHP5 programming highly effective, if not downright enjoyable! Software veteran Martin Brampton (former lead architect for the widely-acclaimed Mambo CMS, and significant contributor to Joomla) returns the open source favor, presenting his next-generation PHP concepts and methods in detail.
With a nimble and unassuming style, the author hosts an impressive exploration of state-of-the-art PHP design, while methodically deconstructing the CMS problem domain. Armed with the street-smarts of a hands-on, seasoned developer, Brampton explores best-practices and strategy with the precision of a Cambridge-schooled mathematician and a gift for the written word.
This trenchant and evolutionary CMS adventure represents a triumph of open craftsmanship; in addition to his own codebase, the architect has cherry-picked gems of the open source universe and folded their strengths into a slick and lightweight composition. While the subject is his own CMS project Aliro, the ambitious PHP developer will have no trouble re-using the multitude of well-considered ideas, classes, and methods within this work.
A rich set of object-oriented features, combined with successful implementation makes scalable PHP5 programming highly effective, if not downright enjoyable! Software veteran Martin Brampton (former lead architect for the widely-acclaimed Mambo CMS, and significant contributor to Joomla) returns the open source favor, presenting his next-generation PHP concepts and methods in detail.
With a nimble and unassuming style, the author hosts an impressive exploration of state-of-the-art PHP design, while methodically deconstructing the CMS problem domain. Armed with the street-smarts of a hands-on, seasoned developer, Brampton explores best-practices and strategy with the precision of a Cambridge-schooled mathematician and a gift for the written word.
This trenchant and evolutionary CMS adventure represents a triumph of open craftsmanship; in addition to his own codebase, the architect has cherry-picked gems of the open source universe and folded their strengths into a slick and lightweight composition. While the subject is his own CMS project Aliro, the ambitious PHP developer will have no trouble re-using the multitude of well-considered ideas, classes, and methods within this work.
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