The book contains the following content:

• Learn the Model-View-Controller design pattern to structure your code
• Create more readable and maintainable queries using the Active Record implementation
• Create and maintain database tables using the Database Forge class
• Authenticate users using Twitter oAuth and Facebook Connect
• Create your own Authentication Library for more control over your user accounts
• Secure your application using CodeIgniter’s built-in functionality and some quick tips to help further
• Build a RESTful Web Service, opening up your application to third-party developers
• Create extended Controllers, grouping functionality into multiple Controllers helping to keep repeated code to a minimum
• Learn techniques used by professionals to scale CodeIgniter over multiple servers
• Learn top tips for releasing code to the community and giving support to the developers using your code

More information about the book can be found at www.packtpub.com/codeigniter-1-7-professional-development/book