What this book covers

Chapter 1, Zend Framework 2 Basics, talks about how we can set up a small application and run it. The dependency injection and configuration are also handled.

Chapter 2, Translating and Mail Handling, explains the importance of internationalization and localization, and the overall handling of sending and receiving of mails in our applications.

Chapter 3, Handling and Decorating Forms, demonstrates how forms are created. After that it talks about filtering, validation, and decoration of forms.

Chapter 4, Using View, covers one of the most important parts of the framework that will be discussed here, setting and rendering of the View.

Chapter 5, Configuring and Using Databases, gives out the configuration and explanation of databases that will give us an insight into how we can fully utilize them in our application.

Chapter 6, Modules, Models, and Services, mainly discusses how modules are built up, models can be hydrated, and services are defined.

Chapter 7, Handling Authentication, delves into the different ways of authenticating users and how we can create our own authentication method.

Chapter 8, Optimizing Performance, discusses the use of caching and the methods available to cache output, opcode, and how to use plugins.

Chapter 9, Catching Bugs, teaches us how to debug applications, handle exceptions, and log stuff.

Appendix, Setting up the Essentials, shows where we can find the documentation, how to set up a development environment, and shows how the composer works.