Symfony Forge Launched!!!

Apr 20, 04:19 pm
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Along with the Zend Framework and CakePHP, the symfony web framework is considered to be one of the PHP “big three” frameworks. Having personally used it for a few projects, I can vouch for its power, flexibility, and ease of use, and in fact am so enthusiastic about it that we published the definitive book on the topic (written by symfony’s creator and lead developer) just a few months ago.

This week the project took another major step forward with the launch of symfony Forge!. Intended to be a central location for community plug-ins, discussion, and other tools, if you’re using symfony I strongly encourage checking it out.

Check out the symfony Forge

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by Jason Gilmore

    1. Jon says:
      Apr 20, 06:19 pm

      I’m a bigger fan of the Zend Framework personally. Although the Symfony project seems to be shaping up nicely; I genuinely believe the Zend Framework is quicker to get to grips with. It also seems much easier to deploy the framework as you see fit. Which ultimately leads to happier clients!

      I guess it all boils down to personal preference and speed of development (probably in that order!).

      Jon.


    1. Jason says:
      Apr 23, 01:17 pm

      Hi Jon,

      Yes the Zend Framework is really sweet. In fact I ultimately wound up using it for my book’s companion website, http://www.beginningphpandmysql.com/, after having first developed the site using symfony. There were a number of reasons for this last-minute decision, but ultimately it boiled down to the increasing number of very useful components offered by the Zend Framework that will ultimately play significant roles in the book’s companion website.

      Regardless, if you’re a PHP developer and haven’t yet explored the power of frameworks, I implore you to do so because it will make you a more efficient, faster, and more secure developer.

      Jason


    1. Jon says:
      Apr 24, 06:39 am

      Hi Jason,

      Your last paragraph really sums up the advantage of a substantial framework. If there was one feature that I had to highlight as being the most useful, it would have to be enforcement of consistent code location.

      When you have multiple developers working on multiple projects throughout multiple development cycles being able to pick up an application and anticipate the developers structure comes a real bonus and a massive time saver.

      I was having at look at your book’s companion website http://www.beginningphpandmysql.com/ the other day; it’s impressive! The layout fits the aesthetic feel of your book really well. Best of luck with it.

      Jon




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