phpSummerCamp Silex Workshop

With some very simple examples, during 1h30, you will discover how to :

• Run Silex locally with Vagrant / Docker / phusion
• Run Silex with php-fpm + nginx
• Build a simple navigation system from a YAML content tree, Twig for templating & bootstrap for CSS
• Use Pimple to inject the YAML content within the $app container, and re-use everywhere
• Provide 3 ways to embed external HTML blocks : SSI / ESI / AJAX, with HTTP Cache TTL (use HttpFoundation)
• Create a generic service provider to compile locally the bootstrap .less files with cache / watch changes / compress (use less.php)

Branch topics :

• Branch master is empty
• Branch 01-no-esi is the starting point of the workshop. The AJAX call is in progress (/renderesi route is missing), no ESI setup, no .less compilation
• Branch 02-no-less is the same code, containing AJAX & ESI setup example
• Branch 03-final is the final code, containing the .less processing for bootstrap

How to run the workshop

From the Vagrant/Docker

Check Vagrant & Docker are installed & so :

vagrant up --provider=docker

If you are behind a proxy, uncomment & set your proxy values in the Vagrantfile & Dockerfile

From the SummerCamp VBox

With SSH go to the Silex folder :

ezsc@ezsc:/var/www/html/workshops/silex$

You should already be on the 01-no-esi branch, with all vendors available, Up to branch 02-no-less, need to :

composer update oyejorge/less.php

Exercises

From 01-no-esi

• Finalize the AJAX call, add "/renderesi" route to controllers.php
• Add "/esi" route to controllers.php, with TTL cache
• Add entry to the menu.yaml
• Add template code to the main.twig

To speed up, checkout the 02-no-less branch

From 02-no-less

• Add "oyejorge/less.php": "~1.5" to composer.json & update
• Create the LessProvider, both register & boot methods
• Register the provider in app.php
• Play with variables.less to check everything works fine

To speed up, checkout the 03-final branch

Enjoy !