Zend Framework Boilerplate is an all-in-one platform for developing enterprise PHP applications using pre-configured Zend Framework libraries and tools. It provides a starting codebase with integrated libraries like Doctrine 2 and development tools like PHPUnit. It uses Vagrant and Chef to provision a virtual machine for application development, easing the setup process.

1. Zend Framework Boilerplate
All-in-one platform for development of enterprise grade
PHP applications.

2. In a Nutshell
• Zend Framework Boilerplate is an all-in-one
platform for development of enterprise grade
PHP applications based on the Zend
Framework.
• ZF-Boilerplate supports teams generate high-
quality code and rapidly deliver customer
value with PHP and ZF.
• Starting point for your next application.

3. In Detail
• Collection of integrated well-known PHP
libraries such as Zend Framework, Doctrine 2, …
• Collection of well-known Development Tools
such as PHPUnit, DocBlox, PHP Depend,
DocBook, …
• Virtual Machine Appliance for Application
Development
• ZF-Boilerplate Code Library

4. The Multi Legged Beast …

5. About Me
• Michael Romer
• Dipl. Inf. (FH)
• Berlin, Germany
• 6+ years of experience in Web
Industry as Lead Developer, CTO,
Product Owner, Scrum Master,
Project Manager (eBay,
erento.com, …)
• ZF-Boilerplate Initiator &
Developer

6. Back in the days …
• Set up project‘s basic files & folder structure
• Pull in libraries for ORM, DI, etc. and make
them work together.
• Write tons of clue code to get basics such as
DB fixtures, Unit Testing environment,
translations, Search, etc. in place.
• Create scripts for checking code style, DB
schema generation, etc.

7. Back in the days …
• Install all tools and applications on local box:
PHP, Apache, PEAR, Pecl, Ant, ElasticSearch,
Java, Memcached, …
• How long does that take for your own box? A
day? A week?
• How long does that take for your development
team? And what about changes?

8. Goals
• Ease development of Enterprise grade PHP
applications.
• Ease development in teams.
• Deliver customer value fast.
• Ensure high code quality.

9. Application blueprint
• ZF-Boilerplate is an application blueprint and
the starting point for your very own
application.
• Doctrine 2 ORM and more included and pre-
configured.
• Includes Unit Test Suite, I18N features, …
• Takes away lot of set-up work.

10. Virtual Machine
• ZF Boilerplate uses Vagrant and Chef to
provision a base VM image.
• On a local box you only install Virtual Box, Ruby,
Vagrant and Git.

11. Virtual Machine

12. Virtual Box
• Virtual Box is a virtualization product from Sun
that allows to run a Virtual Machine on a host
box.
• ZF-Boilerplate creates a VM for development.
• „Production-like“ environment.

13. Chef
• Chef is a tool written in Ruby that lets you
programatically install applications on a
(virtual) box based on so called cookbooks and
recipies.
• ZF-Boilerplates ships with all cookbooks to
develop enterprise grad PHP applications in a
VM environment.

14. Vagrant
• Vagrant is a tool written in Ruby that allows
you to interact with Virtual Box and Chef in a
very seamless way.
• Do vagrant up after cloning / downloading
ZF-Boilerplate to create your VM.
• Open http://localhost:8080

15. ZF-Boilerplate: Getting Started!
• Download
– http://zf-boilerplate.com/downloads/
– https://github.com/michael-romer/zf-
boilerplate
• Documentation
– http://zf-boilerplate.com/documentation/

16. Roadmap
• Assetic
• Skipfish Security Scanner
• ZF-Initializr
• Zend Framework 2
• …

17. http://zf-boilerplate.com/
All-in-one platform for development of enterprise grade PHP applications.