Symfony Grows Up: The Developer Experience Initiative

The Symfony Developer Experience is all about reducing complexity (and perceived complexity) but keeping the same high-quality framework and best practices we love. In this talk, I'll show you what we've done together and where we're going next.

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1. by your friend: ! Ryan Weaver @weaverryan Symfony Grows Up: The Developer Experience
2. KnpUniversity.com github.com/weaverryan Who is this Hipster? > Lead for the Symfony documentation
 > KnpLabs US - Symfony Consulting, training, Kumbaya ! > Writer for KnpUniversity.com Tutorials > Husband of the much more talented @leannapelham
3. Ephemeralization* @weaverryan
4. * shamelessly “borrowed” from David Zuelke http://bit.ly/dzuelke-ephem
5. R. Buckminster Fuller
7. do more and more with less and less until eventually you can do everything with nothing “
8. Think of Measuring Distance Tools let us measure further, and with less effort by the human measuring
9. https://www.flickr.com/photos/chandramarsono/4324373384
10. https://www.flickr.com/photos/krawcowicz/4153762400
11. limited by site https://www.flickr.com/photos/40132991@N07/3715292940
12. https://www.flickr.com/photos/avlxyz/4999120709
13. Easiest scaling ever Simplest Deployment Process @weaverryan The complexity is hidden. The visible pieces are simple.
14. Do More, With Less
15. Less is not about size
16. Less …
 ! …effort
 …drain on my patience ! …drain on my energy ! …design on this slide
17. Accomplish more SnapChat, but with less time, energy and barriers
18. UX @weaverryan
19. Do More, With Less
20. Less is not (necessarily) about code written
21. Less… ! ! …Dev Time ! …Learning Curve ! …Complexity
22. Build BIGGER and more interesting applications, but with less time, less effort and less barriers
23. DX @weaverryan
24. Complexity: Consisting of many different and connected parts
25. Simple vs Easy @weaverryan
26. Simple Easily Understood
27. Easy Achieved without great effort
28. Losing Weight @weaverryan Simple: Eat well and exercise ! Not Easy: Waking up at 6am every morning to run!
29. Drupal’s Hook system @weaverryan Not Simple: I don’t know what’s going on or how it works ! Easy: Just create a function!
30. Installing a Bundle @weaverryan Installing a bundle may be easy because the documentation was simple (i.e. direct, clear, uncluttered)
31. @weaverryan Symfony is simple: define a URL, create a function, return a Response
32. @weaverryan Symfony aims to be simple and clear above all else Once something is simple, you can make it easy (but not in reverse - that’s “magic”
33. Developer Experience Initiative @weaverryan
34. 2.0-2.5
35. Loooong Names src/MyCompany/ContentBundle/Controller/ ContentAdminController.php use SymfonyLive\FabienBundle\Entity \Product $this- >render('SymfonyLiveFabienBundle:Product:new.html.twig')
36. Many Files app/config/routing.yml src/SymfonyLive/FabienBundle/config/routing.yml src/SymfonyLive/FabienBundle/Controller/ BestPracticesController.php src/SymfonyLive/FabienBundle/Service/BestPracticeanator.php app/config/config.yml src/SymfonyLive/FabienBundle/config/services.yml src/SymfonyLive/FabienBundle/Resources/views/BestPractices/ index.html.twig
37. Scattered Files app/config/routing.yml src/SymfonyLive/FabienBundle/config/routing.yml src/SymfonyLive/JMikolaBundle/config/routing.yml src/SymfonyLive/HHamonBundle/config/routing.yml app/Resources/views/base.html.twig src/SymfonyLive/FabienBundle/Resources/views/BestPractices/ index.html.twig src/SymfonyLive/JMikolaBundle/Resources/views/Wurst/sausage.html.twig src/SymfonyLive/HHamonBundle/Resources/views/HowToTravel/ inStyle.html.twig web/assets/css/layout.css web/bundles/symfonylivefabien/css/merging.css web/bundles/symfonylivejmikola/css/wurst.css web/bundles/hhamon/js/JetLagSuperSuperman.js
38. Bad Bundle README’s ! :( @weaverryan
39. Pre-DX VichUploaderBundle docs
41. The DX initiative asks…
42. How could this problem have been solved in a simpler way? “
43. How could we do this new thing, with less code, less effort and less barriers “
44. The DX Initiative Process @weaverryan
45. You say: “this kinda sucks” One @weaverryan
47. We (all) work to fix it Two @weaverryan
48. Hi! I can improve that for you!
49. Celebrate! Three
52. Repeat Four @weaverryan
60. not done yet…
61. Stay Strong!
65. New composer require behavior
66. New Installation! (not yet merged)
67. File structure before best practices
68. File structure after best practices
69. Up Next for DX @weaverryan
70. 0) Symfony @weaverryan
71. 1) Community Bundles @weaverryan
73. 2) Blogs and Documentation for the most common problems @weaverryan
74. You drive DX… * So open issues on any repository with a [DX] at the beginning of the title
75. …and move us towards Ephemeralization @weaverryan
76. … so we can accomplish so much more with less @weaverryan
77. Thanks!
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