How to write Clean Code in Cakephp [closed]

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I want to know how to write a clean code in CakePHP? Definitely something like the book "Clean Code, A handbook of Agile Software Craftmanship by Robert Martin"

What is a cleaner way to write a controller, a model, and a view? How to handle inline javascripts the cleaner way?

I ask this questions because I do have managed cakephp application and it is currently bloated. We didn't wrote it with the clean code technique in our min开发者_如何学JAVAd. So now we are having a hard time extending it.

Thanks in advance.

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A few tips:

• You should think first on your data model.. normalized tables, correct models and relations.
• respect MVC and try using cake's ORM instead of doing $model->query() all the time.
• DRY. Make your code reusable, even if you're not planning to reuse it right now. Create elements, helpers, components and functions.
• try to use Cake Tools. i.e use the Session object instead of $_SESSION, the Cache Class, the Set Class, etc.
• KISS. Avoid unnecessary complexity

in my experience:

• I dont use cake's inline javascript.. I'd rather create Mootools Classes, i find it cleaner and much more flexible.
• I dont like Plugins, because I end up searching for hours for a plugin that can exactly what i want, and usually i dont find it.. and when I find it, it takes more time to understand how to install it and test it... and if they ask me to modify something I have to spend even more time trying to understand how the plugin works... for me, it's faster if I create my own tools and plugins.

Hope this helps