Managing frontend libs in your Symfony project
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The document discusses various solutions for managing frontend libraries in Symfony projects, highlighting options like asking a frontend colleague, using CDNs, and package managers like Composer and Bower. Each solution is evaluated for its pros and cons, addressing the challenges developers face when incorporating libraries such as jQuery and Bootstrap. The author emphasizes the need for effective management strategies to maintain control over frontend resources.
Managing frontend libs in your Symfony project
- 1. Managing frontend libs in your Symfony project Massimiliano Arione SymfonyCon lighting talks Madrid, 2014
- 2. about me CTO at bee-lab.net PHP dev since ~2000 fell in love with Symfony ~2007 president of PUG Roma https://twitter.com/garakkio
- 3. problem You need to manage some frontend libraries Examples: ❏ jquery ❏ bootstrap ❏ font awesome ❏ you name it
- 4. solution #1 ask your frontend colleague PROS super simple CONS he/she can do a mess there’s no frontend colleague
- 5. solution #2 Put them in your repo PROS complete control over sources CONS you have to maintain vendors
- 6. solution #3 Use CDNs PROS super fast CONS does not work when offline not everything is on a CDN
- 7. solution #4 Use Composer PROS you are already using it (are you?) CONS backend and frontend mixed duplicated code
- 8. solution #5 Use Bower PROS just declare vendors in your repo CONS you need node.js
- 9. solution #6 Use BowerPHP PROS just declare vendors in your repo CONS ...
- 11. references https://github.com/RobLoach/component-installer http://bower.io/ http://bowerphp.org/