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Symfony Almost Live

July 30th, 2010 by Tom 2 Comments

You’ll want to watch fullscreen for readability.

Which web development framework is the best? I can tell you this: Symfony gets the job done fast.

Last week Alex and I took part in a panel discussion of web frameworks at the Wharton UI Conference. I had half an hour to kill beforehand, so I decided to build a web application with Symfony. I had time left over to play with the CSS and demonstrate the power of layout templates. After we returned I went upstairs and made a screencast while building the app once more.

I made a number of educational mistakes along the way, so I included those along with their solutions.

Is this a full-fledged practical web application? Not quite— there’s no user management, for one thing. But that’s a topic for another screencast. Be sure to comment if you’d like to see additional installments.

2 Responses to “Symfony Almost Live

  1. Heard in the Community (2010.08.01) Says:

    [...] application in 26 minutesWant to see an application built in 26 minutes? Tom Boutell posted Symfony Almost Live screencast on punk'd avenue window showing just that. It's a good introduction for newbies in a [...]

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