This repository contains an example Silex application, which was used for the Building Your First App with Silex and MongoDB workshop. Abstract follows:
This session will introduce Silex, a PHP micro-frame work based on Symfony2 components, and MongoDB, a non-relational, schema-free document database, as we combine them to build a geo-enabled web application. We’ll explore Silex's routing and controller architecture to start, and then dive into MongoDB's document model, query language, and geospatial features once we start implementing data persistence. Additionally, we will define services in Silex (even micro-frameworks benefit from thin controllers!), take advantage of Twig for templating, and discuss project deployment for both MongoDB and our application.
Clone this repository and install/update dependencies with Composer:
$ git clone git://github.com/jmikola/silex-mongodb-workshop.git
$ cd silex-mongodb-workshop
$ composer update
The application also requires that you have MongoDB server and the MongoDB PHP driver installed. Additional resources include:
Customize the application configurations as needed. The repository includes
config/dev.php.dist and config/prod.php.dist files, which may be customized
by copying each to a new file without a .dist extension and modifying as
necessary. Configuration files without .dist are ignored by Git, which makes
them suitable to hold private data (e.g. API keys).
The prod configuration file contains parameters for Twitter OAuth (empty by
default) and the MongoDB database name (silex by default). The dev config
inherits prod, and generally needs no customization.
Venue data fixtures are included in the repository as venues.json. These must
be imported into the appropriate MongoDB collection (silex.venues by default):
$ mongoimport -d silex -c venues --upsert < venues.json
The easiest way to run this application is using the built-in web-server found
in PHP 5.4+. The serve.sh script in the repository can be used to launch this.
Additionally, the Silex documentation discusses various web server configurations if you would like a more permanent solution.
The workshop.pdf file included in the project repository serves as an outline
for topics covered during the workshop. Additionally, it contains links to many
subjects not covered in the slides below, such as importing data from Foursquare
and OpenStreetMap.
The Getting Acquainted with MongoDB presentation is available on GitHub. An older version of those slides is also available on Speaker Deck.
Dustin Whittle's Silex: From Micro to Full-stack presentation from Symfony Live London 2013 is available on both YouTube and Speaker Deck.
Additional references for this workshop include: