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Here are some of the best Symfony tutorials available online for beginners. If you are just getting started with Symfony, these tutorials will help you a lot. You can find more symfony tutorials here: https://www.cloudways.com/blog/php/symfony/
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BestSymfonyTutorialsforBeginners Formoresymfonytutorials:https://www.cloudways.com/blog/php/symfony/ WhyChooseSymfonyforWebDevelopment? Symfonyisaperfectchoiceforsystematicandscalablewebandappdevelopmentproject becauseofitsfamiliarMVCtypearchitecture.DuetoitsMVCnature,Symfonyhasan organizedfilestructuredistributedaccordingtoModel,ViewandController. TheModelinMVCcanbedescribedasthebusinesslogicoftheapplication,whileViewrenders thatModelintosomethingthatvisible,likeawebpage.TheControlleractsaccordingtouser actionsandmakechangestothemodelandviewasrequired. AtypicalSymfonyprojectfoldercontainsstrictlyorganizedsubfolders.Inaddition,Symfony generatesitsownscaffoldingoftheapplicationbasedonuserprovidedinput.Theresultisa skeletonapplicationthatcouldbefurtherimprovedwithviewsandcontrollers.Developers generallyonlyneedtoconfigurethedatabaseandtherestishandledbytheframeworkitself. Readfullarticleat:https://www.cloudways.com/blog/why-choose-symfony/
What’sNewinSymfony3.3 Symfonyhasreleasedthelateststablerelease,version3.3.xwithseveralnewcomponentsand abundle.Inadditiontothese,thereleasehasimplementedanumberofupdatesandfixes.The communityisveryexcitedaboutSymfony3.3features,componentsandbundles. Inthisversion,Symfonyhasintroducedthedotenvcomponentwhichworkprettymuchlikethe Laravel’s.envfile.DotenvComponentparses.envfilestomakeenvironmentvariablesofthese filesaccessibleviagetenv(),$_ENVor$_SERVER SymfonyusesLockstopreventmorethanonesimultaneousexecutionofcommandsonthe server.ThisfunctionalitywasfirstaddedinSymfony2.6andisnowextendedthroughawhole newcomponentwiththreemainfeatures. Readfullarticleat:https://www.cloudways.com/blog/symfony-3-3-features/
HostingSymfonyonAmazonWebServicesEC2 Symfonyisadeveloper-centricPHPframeworkthatpowersanumberofwebsitesandweb appstoday.ThisframeworkisbuiltuponSymfonyComponentsthatdevelopersmix-and-match tocreateCMSandplatformssuchasDrupal,eZPublishetc. Sucharobustframeworkneedstobepairedwithanexcellenthostingandsupport.Thisis whereAmazonWebServices(AWS)excels.Amazonisthepioneerinprovidingcloud infrastructuresandisfamousforitspersistentperformance,reliableserverinfrastructureand prompttechnicalsupport.However,hostingSymfonyonAWSisdifficultbecauseofa difficult-to-followprocess. Cloudways,amanagedcloudhostingplatformistheeasiestsolutionforthisdifficulty.Its platformisdesignedtoprovideeasyinstallationandhostingsolutionthatevenbeginnerscould followwithoutanyissues.TheresultisapowerfulSymfonyhostingsolutionpoweredbyAWS andmanagedbyCloudways. Readfullarticleat:https://www.cloudways.com/blog/host-symfony-on-aws/
Symfony3PerformanceBenchmarksonPHP5.6and7 SymfonyisrapidlybecomingapopularchoiceforPHPprojects.Theframeworkhasestablished itsreputationafterthereleaseofversion3.x.Inthesamevein,PHPrecentlyreceivedamajor updateintheformofPHP7.x.ThelatestPHPversionis7.1.x. Itisimportanttotesttheperformanceofthesetwonewreleasestomakesurethatdevelopers haveaverygoodideaaboutthetoolsthattheywillbeusingintheirnextprojects.Inthis context,itisimportanttounderstandthatthepreviousversionsofbothSymfonyandPHPwill soonbecomeobsolete.Thus,itisimportanttoevaluateandunderstandtheperformanceofthe newversionssothatthedeveloperscouldbetterunderstandtheimplementationconstraintsof thesetools. InthistestmymainconcernistocheckwhichversionofPHP(5.6or7.0)worksinmore optimizedwaywithSymfony. Readfullarticleat:https://www.cloudways.com/blog/php-5-6-vs-php-7-symfony-benchmarks/
UpgradingSymfonyFrom2.XTo3.X Inthelastinstallment,IusedAuthOforincreasingsecurityforSymfony3.1basedapps. Versions3.0.xand3.1.xofSymfonyareoutfordevelopersandthecommunityisallabuzzwith theneatfeaturesintroducedfordevelopersintheseversions.Ihavealreadycoveredthe featuresintroducedinSymfony3.1. Therearestilldeveloperswhoareworkingontheolder2.xversionoftheframework.Inorderto takethefulladvantageofthefeaturesofthe3.xversionsofSymfonyplatform,itisimportant thatdevelopersupgradeSymfonytothelatestversion. Inthisarticle,IwilldiscusshowtoupgradefromSymfony2.7toSymfony2.8andthento Symfony3.x.Anupgradetoversion2.8iscalledaminorupdatewhileupgradingtoversion3.x iscalledamajorupdate.Version3.xcomeswithawholenewdirectorystructurethatalso changethelocationofseveralkeyfilesandcomponents. Readfullarticle:https://www.cloudways.com/blog/upgrade-symfony-2-to-3/
SymfonybasedContactFormWithSwiftMailer SoyouhavecreatedtheperfectSymfonypoweredwebsitebuthowcouldpeopleinteractwith you?Howcouldtheyexpressinterestinyourproductsandservices?Forthis,youneeda contactformsothevisitorscouldsendyouadirectmessage.Accordingtomanyexperts,the fasterandeasierthecommunicationoptions,thegreaterthetrustofthevisitorsandcustomers onthebrand. Inthisarticle,IwillhelpyoucreateacontactforminSymfonyusingFormBuilder.Thecontact formwillbeconnectedtotheSwiftMailerBundlesothatthevisitorcouldreceive acknowledgmentthatthemessagehasbeensuccessfullysent. Iwillstartwiththedevelopmentofthecontactform.Forthepurposeofthisarticle,Ihave assumedthatyouhavealreadyinstalledSymfony3.xonaCloudwaysserver.Ifnot,followthis simpleguidetoinstallingSymfony3onCloudServer.Youcandownloadtheframeworkfrom GitHubandcheckoutthedemo. Readfullarticleat: http://www.cloudways.com/blog/create-contact-form-symfony-with-swiftmailer/
RestAPIwithSymfony Symfonyisfastbecomingthefavouriteframeworkamongdevelopersforrapidapplication development.AnddespitereleasingSymfony3.1and3.2inthepreviousquarter,theyarestill introducingmanychangesandupgrades. WeknowthatSymfonyisoneofthebestframeworkstodevelopRESTAPI,sointhisarticle,we willmakesimpleRESTAPIinSymfony3.1..Bytheendofthisarticle,wewillhavecoveredthe followingtopics ● UnderstandingRESTAPI ● BundlesRequiredForRESTAPI ● BundlesRegistration ● Configuration ● CreateUserEntity ● GET,POST,PUT,DELETE WearealsogoingtousepostmantotestourAPI,soitisrecommendedtoinstallpostmanfrom chromeextensions.Let’sgetstartedwithourRESTAPIinSymfony3.1. Readfullarticleat:http://www.cloudways.com/blog/rest-api-in-symfony-3-1/
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