Jason will be introducing you to the latest version of the Yii framework, version 2. According to the Yii site, the framework is "a high-performance PHP framework best for developing Web 2.0 applications. Yii comes with rich features: MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, testing, etc. It can reduce your development time significantly."