Sep
21
Symfony Components – Usable Independantly
One feature I like about symfony is the ability to use each component independantly of the entire framework, It's just a case of downloading the library and using straight away.
I have been looking at PHPUnit and symfony's own "lime" unit tester and although PHPUnit is good, I'm prefering the lime as it is easier to read (and even better with the lime extra plugin).
With the component base of symfony you can also use lime in non-symfony based projects. So I can use the same unit testing framework for all my projects.
This is another plus for symfony. Some components are available at symfony components.
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Mark Willis
Sep
09
Symfony or Zend Framework
My initial plan for this review was to install both frameworks and test both against each other. But after spending a few hours trying to get zend framework to install correctly, I gave up with it...
A PHP based framework should install fairly easy - I will give it another try when I get some spare time (it is a bit sparse at the moment with new baby liam)
Symfony however I have fallen for, every part of the setup is brilliant: from url routing to unit testing.
Initially I had a few problems following there tutorial (it defaults to use Propel ORM when Doctrine seems much better)
I'm still working out how to use most of the features, but that is mainly because there is so much of it.
I am using Crawler Catcher as my main project with symfony (as it needs a rewrite already). With the symfony framework and unit testing which is built in. All the old bugs have already been fixed.
More to come in the near future
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Mark Willis
Sep
01
Symfony MVC outlook
I have been playing with the Zend framework for the past week or so, There will be a post in the next few days reviewing it. I am also looking at the Symfony framework this week and will post a comparison on both frameworks within the next week or two.
Symfony provides an architecture, components and tools for developers to build complex web applications faster. Choosing symfony allows you to release your applications earlier, host and scale them without problem.
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Mark Willis
