symfony
Open-Source
Enterprise Framework
Fabien Potencier
http://www.symfony-project.com/
http://www.sensiolabs.com/
Symfony Camp 2007 www.symfony-project.com fabien.potencier@sensio.com www.sensiolabs.com

Sensio
• French Web Agency, founded in 1998
– 150 people
– 30 people dedicated to Web technologies
SENSIO
Web Agency
Web
Webmarketing
Technologies
Open Source
Technologies
(Framework PHP)
Symfony Camp 2007 www.symfony-project.com fabien.potencier@sensio.com www.sensiolabs.com

Sensio Labs
• Open-Source technologies (LAMP stack)
– Linux
– Apache
– MySQL / PostgreSQL
– PHP / Perl / Python / Ruby
• Open-Source dedicated team
• Big company customers
– Web Consulting symfony
– Audit / Training PHP Framework
– Web Development
Symfony Camp 2007 www.symfony-project.com fabien.potencier@sensio.com www.sensiolabs.com

symfony
• PHP 5 Web Framework
• Based on 9 years of Sensio experience
• Based on well-known projects (Mojavi, Propel, Prado)
• Open-Source Licence
• Built for : MIT
– Professional Websites
– Complex needs
Bring together
– Demanding environments Entreprise World
Open-Source World
Symfony Camp 2007 www.symfony-project.com fabien.potencier@sensio.com www.sensiolabs.com

Don’t reinvent the wheel
• Follow best practices
• MVC Pattern : Model / View / Controller
• Unit and functional test framework
• Environment and deployment support
• Security (XSS and CSRF protection by default)
• Extensible (plugin system)
Simplify
your Life
Symfony Camp 2007 www.symfony-project.com fabien.potencier@sensio.com www.sensiolabs.com

Develop faster
• Each line of code has a cost
– To write the line less code

– To test it
less complexity
– To maintain it 
less bugs
• Write less code 
– Architecture : controller, ORM, … more productivity

– Configuration
more time
– Autoloading
– Generators
– Helpers
• More time for business rules, edge cases, …
Symfony Camp 2007 www.symfony-project.com fabien.potencier@sensio.com www.sensiolabs.com

Main selling points
• Documentation
• Configurability
• Security Standard
• Debugging tools PHP 5
MVC
• Functional tests Routing
• Extensibility : Plugins Cache
• Admin Generator
• ORM : Propel or Doctrine
• i18n / l10n
• 1.0 maintained for a long time
Symfony Camp 2007 www.symfony-project.com fabien.potencier@sensio.com www.sensiolabs.com

A Professional Web Framework
• Built from experience
• 1.0 stable, maintained with commercial support
• Growing community
– Developers in more than 80 countries
– 100 000 visitors per month on symfony-project.com
• Open-Source Documentation
– The book (450 pages - GFDL)
– Askeet Tutorial (250 pages)
Symfony Camp 2007 www.symfony-project.com fabien.potencier@sensio.com www.sensiolabs.com

Next symfony Workshops
En français : Paris, France - Dec 05, 2007
In English : Paris, France - Feb 13, 2008
More info on www.sensiolabs.com
Symfony Camp 2007 www.symfony-project.com fabien.potencier@sensio.com www.sensiolabs.com

Join Us
• Sensio Labs is recruiting in France
– project managers
– web developers
• You have a passion for the web?
– Web Developer : You have a minimum of 3 years experience in
web development with Open-Source projects and you wish to
participate to development of Web 2.0 sites using the best
frameworks available.
– Project Manager : You have more than 5 years experience as a
developer and/or a project manager and you want to manage
complex Web projects for prestigious clients.
Symfony Camp 2007 www.symfony-project.com fabien.potencier@sensio.com www.sensiolabs.com

SENSIO S.A.
26, rue Salomon de Rothschild
92 286 Suresnes Cedex
FRANCE
Tél. : +33 1 40 99 80 80
Fax : +33 1 40 99 83 34
Contact
Fabien Potencier
fabien.potencier@sensio.com
http://www.sensiolabs.com/ http://www.symfony-project.com/
Symfony Camp 2007 www.symfony-project.com fabien.potencier@sensio.com www.sensiolabs.com