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Exam Topics

Service Manager

  • Service Locator
  • Service Factories
  • Abstract Service Factories
  • Aliasing
  • Configuration
  • Invokables
  • Shared
  • Initalizers
  • Plugin managers

Authentication and Authorization

  • Secure Authentication
  • Authentication Storage Usage
  • Authentication Adapter
  • Manage an ACL
  • Manage RBAC

Utility

  • Zend Log
  • Mail
  • Stdlib
  • Session
  • Pagination

MVC

  • MVC Dispatch Flow
  • Dispatch
  • App Config & Merged Config
  • Using the shared Event Mgr
  • Routing
  • Controller
  • View
  • Bootstrap
  • Escape for Output/Cross site Scripting

Forms

  • Binding Objects to Forms
  • Form Element manager & form build
  • Elements
  • Input Filters & Validators
  • View rendering/helpers
  • Fieldsets (reusability)
  • Forms
  • Hydrator Integration with forms

Web Services

  • HttpClient
  • Web Service clients
  • RESTful services
  • Soap Services
  • Core Web Services Component

Performance

  • Caching configuration
  • View template resolution
  • Autoloaders performance
  • Filtering and Validation
  • Zend\InputFilter Theory
  • Attaching Validators & Filters
  • Standard Filters
  • Secure File Upload
  • Filtering & Validation

Security

  • Session Security
  • Security Best Practices
  • Cryptography
  • Secure Password Storing
  • Public key encryption
  • Encryption

Module Manager

  • Concept of Module
  • ModuleManager Events
  • Bootstrap sequence
  • Module Class
  • Best Practices
  • Understanding Config's layers

Internationalization

  • Locales
  • Domains & Adaptors
  • Built-in i18n View Helpers

Database

  • Parameters quoting
  • SQL Abstraction (query builder)
  • Table Data, Abstract Table
  • Adapter
  • HydratingResultSet

Event Manager

  • Aggregate Listeners
  • Shared event Manager & event id
  • Event Propagation & short circuit
  • Attach
  • Trigger
  • EM inside the Framework
  • Attach
  • Trigger