Intro to Micro-frameworksJake SmithDallas PHP - 4/12/2011

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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-frameworks

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What is a Micro-framework?

• Simple, no full stack bloat

• Single Page (usually)

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What to expect

• Routing

• HTTP Request/Response

• RESTful

• Template Engine or choice of none

• Helpers and extensions

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Why should I use it?

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Fishing with dynamite?

• Simple site built using ZF/Symfony/Cake

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Small Sites

• Landing Page

• Micro Site

• Quiz/Campaign

• API

• Prototyping/Proof of Concept

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Legacy of Sinatra

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No...This Sinatra

require 'sinatra'get '/hi' do "Hello World!"end

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Sinatra Background

• Minimalist

• Extensible

• Sinatra is not Rails

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PHP Micro-frameworks

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Minimum

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Minimum Profile

• http://jamalsa.tumblr.com/post/1521361137/lithify-it-like-sinatra

• PHP: 5.3.x

• Proof of Concept

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Minimum App

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Minimum Pros

• Built using lithium

• Simple to get started

• Filters

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Minimum Cons

• More of a Proof of Concept

• No documentation, besides that of Lithium

• Limited feature set

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Silex

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Silex Profile

• http://silex-project.org/

• PHP: 5.3.x

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Silex App

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Silex Pros

• Great Documentation (just recently released)

• Easy to get started (PHAR)

• Unit Test Integration

• Built using Symfony2 libraries

• Easily extendable

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Silex Cons

• Utilizing Service Container can be good, but gets complex quick

• Built using Symfony2 libraries

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Limonade

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Limonade Profile

• http://www.limonade-php.net/

• PHP: 5.1.x

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Limonade App

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Limonade Pros

• Longevity

• Isn’t PHP 5.3 only

• Actively updated

• Plenty of helper functions

• txt, html, json, etc.

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Limonade Cons

• Not OOP

• Syntax is not as clean

• Not using PHPUnit for Unit Testing

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Slim

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Slim Profile

• http://www.slimframework.com/

• PHP 5.1.x

• Uses Closures if 5.3.x

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Slim App

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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.

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Slim Cons

• Requires mcrypt for signed sessions

• Needs more exception handling, unwritable logs directory

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Questions? Concerns?

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