Why code using a PHP framework? | lynda.com tutorial

This PHP frameworks tutorial titled Why Use a Framework? is from chapter one of the MVC Frameworks for Building PHP Web Applications course presented by lynda.com author Drew Falkman. This specific tutorial describes what a framework is and why frameworks are used versus coding without a framework structure. The complete MVC Frameworks for Building PHP Web Applications course has a total duration of 3 hours and 35 minutes and covers basic PHP framework concepts including the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern as a means of simplifying, organizing, and maintaining code. Watch more of this course on lynda.com: www.lynda.com MVC Frameworks for Building PHP Web Applications course presented table of contents: Introduction 1. About PHP Frameworks 2. Introducing Zend Framework 3. Using Zend Framework 4. Introducing Symfony 5. Using Symfony 6. Introducing CodeIgniter 7. Using CodeIgniter 8. Introducing CakePHP 9. Using CakPHP Conclusion