MINIMAL BLOG :

###Combining Silex and AngularJS to create a single page blog app

author: Mparaiso mparaiso@online.fr

Adaptation of the following (great) tutorial :

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/combining-laravel-4-and-backbone/

I used Silex instead of Laravel , AngularJS instead of Backbone ,Doctrine DBAL/PDO instead of Eloquent , and Twig instead of mustache.

LIVE DEMO

https://silex-miniblog.herokuapp.com

INSTALLATION

Requirements:

• PHP >= 5.3
• A database (sqlite,mysql,...)
• An apache server or php built-in server
• A command line interface (to create the database , generate default datas , etc...)
• COMPOSER
• GIT
• 20 mins to get the app running

Server variables:

Define the following variables on the SYSTEM level (with set/setx on Windows or export in Linux) :

• NETTUTS_LARAVEL_BACKBONE_HOST: localhost ( optional )
• NETTUTS_LARAVEL_BACKBONE_DBNAME: database name
• NETTUTS_LARAVEL_BACKBONE_USER: db username
• NETTUTS_LARAVEL_BACKBONE_PASSWORD: db password
• NETTUTS_LARAVEL_BACKBONE_DRIVER: pdo driver ( ex : pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, ...)
• NETTUTS_LARAVEL_BACKBONE_PORT: optional
• NETTUTS_LARAVEL_BACKBONE_ENV: development or production

Web root:

The web root is the /web/ folder.

Chmod:

/temp/ must be writable

COMPOSER :

install packages : composer install in the root folder

Command Line:

with a cli ,in the root folder ,generate the database: php console.php p:d:g

Fire the built-in server ( PHP >= 5.4 ):

in the web folder : php -S 127.0.0.1:3000 index.php

And you are outta here good to go !

License : LGPL

TODO

• write doc
• write php tests
• write js tests