CakePHP resources

On this page I try to list the most useful resources for a cakebaker. If you are missing a site, please let me know, and I will add it.

Updates:
2008-04-25: Replacing thinkingphp.org with debuggable.com, removing link to tempdocs
2008-02-28: Cleaning up and adding “deadpool” section
2008-02-19: Adding book.cakephp.org
2007-12-08: Adding cakephp-hispano.org
2007-11-12: Adding cakephp-edge, tempdocs, and labs.iamkoa.net

Official resources
http://cakephp.org: The official CakePHP website.
http://manual.cakephp.org: The manual for CakePHP 1.1.
http://book.cakephp.org: The documentation application for the CakePHP 1.2 manual.
http://cakeforge.org/projects/cakedocs/: Download the manual in different formats (PDF, CHM).
http://api.cakephp.org: API documentation.
http://bakery.cakephp.org: A place for the community to share tutorials, code snippets, etc.
https://trac.cakephp.org: CakePHP development site.
http://cakeforge.org: The place for open source CakePHP projects.
http://cakeforge.org/snippet/browse.php?by=lang&lang=5: A place to share code snippets.
http://cakephp.org/screencasts: Some screencasts.
http://cakephp.org/search: A search engine for CakePHP related stuff.
http://irc.cakephp.org: Web interface for the IRC channel #cakephp on irc.freenode.net.
http://bin.cakephp.org/: Use the CakeBin to paste code you want to discuss in IRC.
http://cakephp.org/files/cakesheet.pdf: A cheatsheet for CakePHP.
http://cakefoundation.org: Cake Software Foundation.

Places for discussions, questions, etc.
http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php: The main discussion group (in English).
http://groups.google.com/group/cakephp-docs: Discussion group dedicated to the documentation efforts (in English).
http://groups.google.com/group/cakephp-de: Discussion group for German speaking people.
http://groups.google.com/group/cakephp-cn: Discussion group for Chinese speaking people (not very active).
http://groups.google.com/group/cakephp-fr: Discussion group for French speaking people.
http://groups.google.com/group/CakePHP-es: Discussion group for Spanish speaking people (the archive is only visible for members).
http://groups.google.com/group/cakephp-es_doc: Discussion group for generating a Spanish documentation (not very active).
http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php-pt: Discussion group for Portuguese speaking people.
http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php-ru: Discussion group for Russian speaking people.
http://groups.google.com/group/CakePHP-ja: Discussion group for Japanese speaking people (not very active).
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/id-cakephp/: Discussion group for Indonesian speaking people.
http://groups.google.com/group/cakephp-br: Discussion group for Brazilian people (not very active).
http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/cakephp/: Another discussion group for Brazilian people.
http://groups.google.com/group/cakephp-chile: Discussion group for people from Chile.
http://groups.google.com/group/cakephp-edge: Discussion group for those keeping up with SVN:HEAD of CakePHP.
http://cakephpforum.net/: Unofficial CakePHP forum.

Blogs
http://debuggable.com: Felix Geisendörfer (aka the_undefined) and Tim Koschützki.
http://cake.insertdesignhere.com: nate, core developer.
http://www.snook.ca/archives/cakephp/: Jonathan Snook.
http://www.ad7six.com/MiBlog/: Andy Dawson aka AD7six.
http://cakephp.seesaa.net/: A Japanese blog about CakePHP.
http://littlehart.net/atthekeyboard/: Chris Hartjes
http://labs.iamkoa.net/: Blog of Koa Metter.

Articles
http://hades.phparch.com/ceres/public/article/index.php/art::cakephp::overview: An overview of the CakePHP framework.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/application-development-cakephp: The CakePHP Framework: Your First Bite.
http://hades.phparch.com/ceres/public/article/index.php/art::cakephp::zf_components_in_cake: Using Zend framework components in CakePHP.
http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/593: Extending the CakePHP framework.
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/views/opensource/libraryview.jsp?search_by=cook+web+sites+CakePHP: “Cook up websites fast with CakePHP”, a series about CakePHP on IBM’s developerWorks (some parts require a free registration).
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/views/opensource/libraryview.jsp?search_by=production+Wiki+PHP: “Create an interactive production wiki using PHP”, a series about creating a wiki with CakePHP on IBM’s developerWorks (requires a free registration).
http://www.yeebase.com/t3nmagazin/artikel/cakephp/: “CakePHP”, an article in the T3N magazine (in German).

Misc.
http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php/web/cake-apps-sites-in-the-wild: A list of projects realized with CakePHP.
http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php/web/frequent-discussions: Frequent discussions in the Google group.
http://groups.google.com/group/tickets-cakephp: A google group which contains all ticket-related messages.

http://thinkingphp.org/cakenews/: A site which shows the latest news in the CakePHP world.

http://docs.cakephp.nu/: An alternative to the official CakePHP API docs.
http://logs.cakephp.nu/cakephp/: Logfiles of the IRC channel #cakephp.
http://withcake.com: CakePHP developers looking to hire or be hired.
http://www.donutczar.com/cake1point2/donuts/: A site which provides examples for CakePHP 1.2 helpers.

Non-english resources
http://cakephp.jp: CakePHP users in Japan
http://www.cakephp.com.br: CakePHP in Brazil
http://cakephp.hu: CakePHP in Hungary
http://cakephp-es.org/: Community of Spanish speaking CakePHP users
http://www.cakephp-hispano.org/: Another site for Spanish speaking CakePHP users
http://idcake.web.id: CakePHP in Indonesia

Deadpool (sites without any recent activity)
http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php-hu: Discussion group for Hungarian speaking people.
http://rossoft.wordpress.com: Miguel Ros aka rossoft.
http://rd11.com: gwoo, project manager of the CakePHP project.
http://www.nolimit-studio.com/baking: Armando Sosa, designer of the CakePHP websites.
http://www.h3rald.com: Fabio Cevasco aka h3rald (is no longer about CakePHP).
http://www.cakepourtous.org: The French blog of Othman Ouahbi aka CrazyLegs.
http://cakebakery.de: German group blog.
http://community.livejournal.com/cakephp/: CakePHP LJ community.
http://groups.google.com/group/dev-cakephp: Google group for CakePHP developers.
http://planetmvc.org/cakephp/: A planet of CakePHP related blogs.
http://grahambird.co.uk/cake/: A site dedicated to CakePHP beginners.