Starting in Symfony2: Course 1 (2.4+)

Get your first Symfony2 project off on the right foot, with the right tools, best practices and tips. If you're serious about getting into Symfony2, this course is for you!

In this screencast, we start building a real events application from the ground-up, touching on and discussing the most fundamental parts of the application. Specifically, we'll cover:

• Installation, Git and Setup
• Composer
• Routing
• Controllers
• Introduction to the service container
• Twig
• Doctrine
• Server setup
• Code generation
• Fixtures & external libraries
• And other tips and tricks

• Welcome to Symfony!
• Downloading & Configuration
• Bundles of Joy!
• Routing: The URLs of the World
• Controllers: Get to work!
• Twig
• Databases and Doctrine
• Inserting and Querying Data
• Virtual Host Setup Extravaganza
• Code Generation FTW!
• Less Ugly with CSS and JavaScript
• Friendly Links and Dates in Twig
• Adding Outside Bundles with Composer
• Fixtures: For some dumb data
• Autoloading: Where did require/include go?
• Do Less Work in the Controller
• Twig Mind Tricks