Non-Framework MVC sites with PHP

Non-framework
MVC site

Cesar D. Rodas
http://crodas.org/ - http://cesar.la/
@crodas

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alex_stanoi/2692787831/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hm2k/3276868036/

OK, OK got it.
but why don't you use a
framework?

“As much easier for the
developer, harder for the
computer”

Talk is cheap, show me the
code

Let's build a Twitter-clone

http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerpig/3614473636/

● PHP 5

● Simple-ORM

● MySQL

● MongoDB

http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerpig/3614473636/

git clone http://crodas.org/latinoware-2009.git

http://www.flickr.com/photos/herr_akx/399196999/

Public domain


Coding in layers you can do crazy things.


... such as, let's drop MySQL and use
MongoDB


git pull origin mongo


● C++'s revenge

● Super simple

● More than just key-value

● Think in documents, no tables

● Sharding

● Pretty fast (at least on my tests)

● JSON-like

MySQL's problems (and RBDMS in general)

● High abstraction at a high price

● Really hard to make it fault tolerant

● Most web-sites (except for those which deals

with money) doesn't really need a RDBMS

● Out-of-the-box solution for small/medium web-

sites

Scaling up to the sky

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lecates/536763868/

● Fast front end server (Nginx, perbal)

● Avoid re-do the same thing twice (client cache)

● Static files to front end, scripts to back end

● Use MongoDB (or might be CouchDB)

● KISS

● DNS round-robin across many front-ends


Conclusions

● If a framework is enough for you, go for it

● Done by hand is better, and much more efficient

● Small-efforts at long terms are better


Non-Framework MVC sites with PHP

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