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

Francois Zaninotto wrote this morning to inform me that symfony 1.0 has been released! I’ve been using the symfony framework for several months now, and personally think it to be the best of the bunch. If you’re looking for a great PHP framework, this is it.

The timing of this release was impeccable, as Francois and fellow symfony lead contributor Fabien Potencier co-authored “The Definitive Guide to symfony”, which Apress published just last month. The book is 1.0-compliant so check it out if you’re looking for a great learning resource.

Read more about the release

Jason

The authors of the upcoming book, The Definitive Guide to Symfony, have posted a sample chapter for you to get a sneak preview. The sample chapter covers Unit and Functional Testing and should be a treat for anyone interested in Symfony. (hint: you can find a different sample chapter at the first link in this post)