CodeIgniter Best Practices

Joost Van VeenJun 17, 2013Lessons: 18Length: 2.6 hours

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5.2 Thin Controllers Fat Models

It’s tempting to cram controllers full of business logic. Actually, some of the examples in Codeigniter’s user guide seem to encourage you to do so. Don’t budge! Keep your controllers lean, and allow your models to put on an extra few pounds. Nothing as gorgeous as fat models!

1.Introduction
1 lesson, 01:23

1.1
Introduction
01:23

2.Starting Out
2 lessons, 14:09

2.1
Getting Your Learn On
05:43

2.2
Create A Barebones Setup
08:26

3.Using External Libraries In Codeigniter
3 lessons, 20:41

3.1
Using Third Party Libraries
09:39

3.2
Using Composer
06:01

3.3
Creating The Project Template
05:01

4.Code Structure
2 lessons, 14:41

4.1
Code For The Future
07:37

4.2
Debug Fast And Hard
07:04

5.Extending Codeigniter
3 lessons, 37:59

5.1
Extend The Controllers
14:25

5.2
Thin Controllers Fat Models
10:17

5.3
Some More Controllers
13:17

6.Tweaking Components
5 lessons, 47:14

6.1
Security
13:18

6.2
Working With Sessions
06:19

6.3
Codeigniter Caching
09:36

6.4
Zend_Cache
10:26

6.5
Make It Modular
07:35

7.Codeigniter on the Command Line
1 lesson, 13:01

7.1
Migrations And The Terminal
13:01

8.More Codeigniter Tips and Tricks
1 lesson, 06:46

8.1
General Tips And Tricks
06:46

Joost Van Veen

Hi, I’m Joost van Veen. I am an entrepreneur, passionate web developer, father of three fantastic children and married to the best girl in the world. When I’m not coding away, you can find me playing in a number of bands.

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5.2 Thin Controllers Fat Models

1.Introduction1 lesson, 01:23

2.Starting Out2 lessons, 14:09

3.Using External Libraries In Codeigniter3 lessons, 20:41

4.Code Structure2 lessons, 14:41

5.Extending Codeigniter3 lessons, 37:59

6.Tweaking Components5 lessons, 47:14

7.Codeigniter on the Command Line1 lesson, 13:01

8.More Codeigniter Tips and Tricks1 lesson, 06:46