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Can REST API be used as business layer?

I am using PHP Codeigniter MVC design pattern and I had this project with some sort of specific business processes In my application I will be dealing with 2 existing REST APIs: Google Trello ...
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How to achieve N-Tier type in Codeigniter MVC

I know that N-Tier intended to separate layers on different network but I would like to have the same code separation in codeigniter I got this idea to have Model : for database CRUD - > Data layer ...
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Controllers in CodeIgniter

I little bit new to the CodeIgniter framework and this is my first project with this framework. During a chat on StackOverflow somebody said that we need to make controllers tiny as possible. ...
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Models per database table?

I am using codeigniter, and have found myself in a similar situation where I have repeated Model methods. I am creating a Model per Controller. But I would creating a Model per database table be ...
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Codeigniter/MVC workflow

Bit of a workflow question. I'm just staring with MVC and wondered how other people usually work in MVC? The 2 options I see is to code the model and controller completely first and then work on the ...
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Fitting an established site into a CI framework

I manage a rather large, feature full nightmare of a site which has no end of feature creep settings/options/etc. Up to now its been coded in a procedural/functional way and would like to move to an ...
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Does a group of Select Statements count as a valid model?

I'm making a facebook app and I'm trying to follow MVC properly. But I was wondering if I had a class that was a bunch of fql queries (getting data from facebook) should I have keep these in a ...
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Performing user authentication in a CodeIgniter controller constructor?

In "The Clean Code Talks -- Unit Testing" (http://youtu.be/wEhu57pih5w), Miško Hevery mentions that "as little work as possible should be done in constructors [to make classes more easily testable]'. ...
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What is a good technique to prevent unauthenticated users from accessing controller methods?

I have an event(s) controller: class Event extends CI_Controller{ public function index(){ } public function foo(){ } //Shouldn't be able to use this method unless logged in ...