Intro to Micro-frameworks

Intro to Micro-frameworks Jake Smith Dallas PHP - 4/12/2011Thursday, April 14, 2011

Who is Jake? • PHP 5.3 ZCE • Co-Organizer of DallasPHP • Co-Organizer of Lone Star PHP • Your tour on this magical journey called Micro-frameworksThursday, April 14, 2011

Introducing the first annual PHP Conference in North Texas Join us for this day-long event and hear the best local speakers from the Lone Star State. Register Now http://lonestarphp.com $60Thursday, April 14, 2011

What is a Micro- framework? • Simple, no full stack bloat • Single Page (usually)Thursday, April 14, 2011

What to expect • Routing • HTTP Request/Response • RESTful • Template Engine or choice of none • Helpers and extensionsThursday, April 14, 2011

Why should I use it?Thursday, April 14, 2011

Fishing with dynamite? • Simple site built using ZF/Symfony/CakeThursday, April 14, 2011

Small Sites • Landing Page • Micro Site • Quiz/Campaign • API • Prototyping/Proof of ConceptThursday, April 14, 2011

Legacy of SinatraThursday, April 14, 2011

No...This Sinatra require sinatra get /hi do "Hello World!" endThursday, April 14, 2011

Sinatra Background • Minimalist • Extensible • Sinatra is not RailsThursday, April 14, 2011

PHP Micro-frameworksThursday, April 14, 2011

MinimumThursday, April 14, 2011

Minimum Proﬁle • http://jamalsa.tumblr.com/post/1521361137/ lithify-it-like-sinatra • PHP: 5.3.x • Proof of ConceptThursday, April 14, 2011

Minimum AppThursday, April 14, 2011

Minimum Pros • Built using lithium • Simple to get started • FiltersThursday, April 14, 2011

Minimum Cons • More of a Proof of Concept • No documentation, besides that of Lithium • Limited feature setThursday, April 14, 2011

SilexThursday, April 14, 2011

Silex Proﬁle • http://silex-project.org/ • PHP: 5.3.xThursday, April 14, 2011

Silex AppThursday, April 14, 2011

Silex Pros • Great Documentation (just recently released) • Easy to get started (PHAR) • Unit Test Integration • Built using Symfony2 libraries • Easily extendableThursday, April 14, 2011

Silex Cons • Utilizing Service Container can be good, but gets complex quick • Built using Symfony2 librariesThursday, April 14, 2011

LimonadeThursday, April 14, 2011

Limonade Proﬁle • http://www.limonade-php.net/ • PHP: 5.1.xThursday, April 14, 2011

Limonade AppThursday, April 14, 2011

Limonade Pros • Longevity • Isn’t PHP 5.3 only • Actively updated • Plenty of helper functions • txt, html, json, etc.Thursday, April 14, 2011

Limonade Cons • Not OOP • Syntax is not as clean • Not using PHPUnit for Unit TestingThursday, April 14, 2011

SlimThursday, April 14, 2011

Slim Proﬁle • http://www.slimframework.com/ • PHP 5.1.x • Uses Closures if 5.3.xThursday, April 14, 2011

Slim AppThursday, April 14, 2011

Slim Pros • Amazing Documentation, but all on Github Pages • Very active development, can talk with creator almost any time • Works in 5.1.X, but utilizes closures • Easy/Extensive template engine support • Twig, Haanga, Smarty, Mustache, etc.Thursday, April 14, 2011

Slim Cons • Requires mcrypt for signed sessions • Needs more exception handling, unwritable logs directoryThursday, April 14, 2011

Questions? Concerns?Thursday, April 14, 2011

Thanks for listening Contact Information [t]: @jakefolio [e]: jake@phpdallas.org [w]: http://www.jakefolio.com [irc]: #dallasphpThursday, April 14, 2011

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