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mixing symfony with non symfony code? [message #25623]

Fri, 13 April 2007 11:19

rob ganly
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hi all,

i'm about to start working on a project with a tight deadline and i am wanting to use symfony. the budget of the project has just been cut and the project manager has decided to get involved in terms of coding rather than hire another developer... anyhow it turns out that he doesn't have the interest or inclination to learn symfony and wants to write certain sections his way, which would involve ignoring totally symfony, right down to database abstraction etc.

thus i was wondering is it still worth employing symfony this time (as in, would it be difficult to incorporate the other code into the app.) or should i just employ my old faithful fusebox-hybrid architecture? bearing in mind i am still a symfony noob!

rob ganly

[Updated on: Tue, 17 April 2007 12:32]

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Re: mixing symfony with non symfony code? [message #25626 is a reply to message #25623 ]

Fri, 13 April 2007 12:09

mikenolan
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If the project manager is more of a designer then you could get them doing templates which require just a basic knowledge of symfony helpers and let you do the controller stuff. Alternatively show them the screencasts and if that doesn't persuade them that symfony will speed up development time then nothing will!

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Re: mixing symfony with non symfony code? [message #25629 is a reply to message #25626 ]

Fri, 13 April 2007 12:18

rob ganly
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unfortunately he isn't a designer, but an old-skool *nix user (25 years)! good idea re the screencasts though!

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Re: mixing symfony with non symfony code? [message #25630 is a reply to message #25623 ]

Fri, 13 April 2007 12:31

mikenolan
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It was the original Rails screencasts that persuaded me that everything I've done in the last three years was wrong Smile

It seems to me that the symfony command line tools would be quite logical for a unix guy.

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Re: mixing symfony with non symfony code? [message #25631 is a reply to message #25623 ]

Fri, 13 April 2007 13:08

halfer
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You could each take different modules and then use mod_rewrite to combine symfony and non-symfony approaches. This will allow you both access to sessions and the database. However if you are on a tight deadline and are new to symfony, it might be a good idea to use an approach you are completely used to. I managed to stack up a whole bunch of future refactoring as a result of taking on a complex app whilst not fully understanding the symfony/MVC structure.

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Re: mixing symfony with non symfony code? [message #25632 is a reply to message #25631 ]

Fri, 13 April 2007 13:22

rob ganly
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thanks for the advice halfer... makes sense.

i'm so geared up to use symfony though- i'm going to have a bash at it this weekend and make a decision on the way to go for monday.

rob ganly

[Updated on: Fri, 13 April 2007 15:40]

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