Silex: Creating websites in hours instead of days

With the introduction of the latest generation of PHP frameworks another "wave" started as well: microframeworks. More lean, small and flexible, these microframeworks pose an interesting alternative to full-stack frameworks. What is a microframework exactly? How to use it? During this talk you will learn about this by example using the Silex microframework.

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1. Silex Creating websites in hours instead of days Thursday, October 25, 12
2. @skoop Thursday, October 25, 12
3. @skoop • PHP * Thursday, October 25, 12
4. @skoop • PHP * • Ingewikkeld Thursday, October 25, 12
5. @skoop • PHP * • Ingewikkeld • PFZ.nl / PFCongres.com Thursday, October 25, 12
6. @skoop • PHP * • Ingewikkeld • PFZ.nl / PFCongres.com • Symfony Thursday, October 25, 12
7. microframeworks Thursday, October 25, 12
8. history of frameworks Thursday, October 25, 12
9. history of frameworks • libraries Thursday, October 25, 12
10. history of frameworks • libraries • basic MVC Thursday, October 25, 12
11. history of frameworks • libraries • basic MVC • every developer has their own Thursday, October 25, 12
12. history of frameworks • libraries • basic MVC • every developer has their own • full stack: cake, symfony, zend framework Thursday, October 25, 12
13. history of frameworks • libraries • basic MVC • every developer has their own • full stack: cake, symfony, zend framework • full stack: TNG Thursday, October 25, 12
14. history of frameworks • libraries • basic MVC • every developer has their own • full stack: cake, symfony, zend framework • full stack: TNG • microframeworks Thursday, October 25, 12
15. a microframework? Thursday, October 25, 12
16. a microframework? • small codebase Thursday, October 25, 12
17. a microframework? • small codebase • basic request/response handling Thursday, October 25, 12
18. a microframework? • small codebase • basic request/response handling • routing Thursday, October 25, 12
19. a microframework? • small codebase • basic request/response handling • routing • clean and simple Thursday, October 25, 12
20. http://microphp.org/ Thursday, October 25, 12
21. why use microframeworks? Thursday, October 25, 12
22. why use microframeworks? • prototyping Thursday, October 25, 12
23. why use microframeworks? • prototyping • API’s Thursday, October 25, 12
24. why use microframeworks? • prototyping • API’s • simple websites Thursday, October 25, 12
25. why use microframeworks? • prototyping • API’s • simple websites • performance Thursday, October 25, 12
26. silex Thursday, October 25, 12
27. silex Thursday, October 25, 12
28. silex • set of Symfony2 components Thursday, October 25, 12
29. silex • set of Symfony2 components • add extensions for extra functionality Thursday, October 25, 12
30. silex • set of Symfony2 components • add extensions for extra functionality • add your own logic Thursday, October 25, 12
31. basic features Thursday, October 25, 12
32. basic features • request/response handling Thursday, October 25, 12
33. basic features • request/response handling • routing Thursday, October 25, 12
34. basic features • request/response handling • routing • dependency injection Thursday, October 25, 12
35. basic features • request/response handling • routing • dependency injection • extensibility Thursday, October 25, 12
36. extend Thursday, October 25, 12
37. extend • Doctrine Thursday, October 25, 12
38. extend • Doctrine • Twig Thursday, October 25, 12
39. extend • Doctrine • Twig • Session Thursday, October 25, 12
40. extend • Doctrine • Twig • Session • Translation Thursday, October 25, 12
41. extend • Doctrine • Twig • Session • Translation • Validation Thursday, October 25, 12
42. extend • Doctrine • Twig • Session • Translation • Validation • Caching Thursday, October 25, 12
43. how to get started Thursday, October 25, 12
44. getting started Thursday, October 25, 12
45. getting started • set up project Thursday, October 25, 12
46. getting started • set up project • configure server Thursday, October 25, 12
47. getting started • set up project • configure server • add front controller Thursday, October 25, 12
48. getting started • set up project • configure server • add front controller • .... Thursday, October 25, 12
49. getting started • set up project • configure server • add front controller • .... • PROFIT Thursday, October 25, 12
50. composer Thursday, October 25, 12
51. composer composer create-project silex/silex project Thursday, October 25, 12
52. composer composer create-project silex/silex project composer create-project fabpot/silex-skeleton project Thursday, October 25, 12
53. configure server <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot "/Users/stefan/php/silex-talk/project/public" ServerName silex-talk FallbackResource /index.php ErrorLog "logs/silextalk.error_log" CustomLog "logs/silextalk.access_log" common </VirtualHost> Thursday, October 25, 12
54. hello world <?php require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php'; $app = new Silex\Application(); $app->get('/hello/{name}', function ($name) use ($app) { return 'Hello '.$app->escape($name); }); $app->run(); Thursday, October 25, 12
55. twig "require": { "twig/twig": ">=1.8,<2.0-dev" } Thursday, October 25, 12
56. twig "require": { "twig/twig": ">=1.8,<2.0-dev" } composer update Thursday, October 25, 12
57. twig $app = new Silex\Application(); $app->register( new Silex\Provider\TwigServiceProvider(), array( 'twig.path' => __DIR__.'/../views', ) ); Thursday, October 25, 12
58. twig $app = new Silex\Application(); $app->register( new Silex\Provider\TwigServiceProvider(), array( 'twig.path' => __DIR__.'/../views', ) ); $app->get('/hello/{name}', function ($name) use ($app) { return $app['twig']->render('hello.twig', array( 'name' => $name, )); }); Thursday, October 25, 12
59. twig $app = new Silex\Application(); $app->register( new Silex\Provider\TwigServiceProvider(), array( 'twig.path' => __DIR__.'/../views', ) ); $app->get('/hello/{name}', function ($name) use ($app) { return $app['twig']->render('hello.twig', array( 'name' => $name, )); }); Hello {{ name }} Thursday, October 25, 12
60. make it more dynamic <form method="post" action="/sayhello"> Say hello to <input type="text" name="name" value="{{ name }}" /> <br /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Say Hello" /> </form> Thursday, October 25, 12
61. make it more dynamic $app->post('/sayhello', function (Request $request) use ($app) { return $app->redirect('/hello/'.$request->get('name')); }); Thursday, October 25, 12
62. examples Thursday, October 25, 12
63. Thursday, October 25, 12
64. why? Thursday, October 25, 12
65. why? • simple website Thursday, October 25, 12
66. why? • simple website • get some stuff from the database Thursday, October 25, 12
67. why? • simple website • get some stuff from the database • display it on screen Thursday, October 25, 12
68. why? • simple website • get some stuff from the database • display it on screen • used: silex, twig, PDO Thursday, October 25, 12
69. transcoding app Thursday, October 25, 12
70. transcoding app Thursday, October 25, 12
71. transcoding app • external API Thursday, October 25, 12
72. transcoding app • external API • calling API of other applications Thursday, October 25, 12
73. transcoding app • external API • calling API of other applications • dashboard showing status Thursday, October 25, 12
74. transcoding app • external API • calling API of other applications • dashboard showing status • used: silex, twig, cilex, PDO Thursday, October 25, 12
75. why? Thursday, October 25, 12
76. why? • full stack makes no sense Thursday, October 25, 12
77. why? • full stack makes no sense • lightweight needed Thursday, October 25, 12
78. why? • full stack makes no sense • lightweight needed • maintainers needed simple code Thursday, October 25, 12
79. Thursday, October 25, 12
80. Thursday, October 25, 12
81. Bolt Thursday, October 25, 12
82. Bolt • Simple CMS Thursday, October 25, 12
83. Bolt • Simple CMS • Focus on designers/frontenders Thursday, October 25, 12
84. Bolt • Simple CMS • Focus on designers/frontenders • Ease of use Thursday, October 25, 12
85. Bolt • Simple CMS • Focus on designers/frontenders • Ease of use • uses: silex, twig, sessions, doctrine, caching, forms, validation, translation, etc Thursday, October 25, 12
86. find the right one Thursday, October 25, 12
87. find the right one Thursday, October 25, 12
88. find the right one • Phlyty Thursday, October 25, 12
89. find the right one • Phlyty • Slim Thursday, October 25, 12
90. find the right one • Phlyty • Slim • Limonade Thursday, October 25, 12
91. find the right one • Phlyty • Slim • Limonade • ... Thursday, October 25, 12
92. build your own! Thursday, October 25, 12
93. questions? Thursday, October 25, 12
94. some resources Thursday, October 25, 12
95. some resources • http://silex.sensiolabs.org/ Thursday, October 25, 12
96. some resources • http://silex.sensiolabs.org/ • https://github.com/fabpot/Silex-Skeleton Thursday, October 25, 12
97. some resources • http://silex.sensiolabs.org/ • https://github.com/fabpot/Silex-Skeleton • http://bolt.cm/ Thursday, October 25, 12
98. Thank you! Thursday, October 25, 12
99. http://leftontheweb.com/ http://ingewikkeld.net/ https://joind.in/7047 @skoop Thank you! Thursday, October 25, 12