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SymfonyCasts

Creating a Reusable (& Amazing) Symfony Bundle

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Overview

Want to share some code between projects, or maybe with the whole world? Let's do it! By creating a Symfony bundle! In this tutorial, we'll learn about bundles, their super-powers, how to add services & routes and the best-practices to create the best bundle possible:

  • Anatomy of a Bundle
  • Bundles vs Libraries
  • Building a bundle inside your app
  • DependencyExtensions to add Services
  • Complex Service configuration: Definitions & compiler passes
  • Allowing config via a Configuration class
  • Private services
  • Routing & other Configuration
  • Creating a Recipe
  • Registering your bundle with Packagist
  • Handling Releases
  • README!

Not only will you be able to create your own bundle, but we'll learn a lot along the way about how all bundles in the Symfony world work!

Syllabus

  • Bootstrapping the Bundle & Autoloading
  • Auto-Adding Services
  • Autowiring & Public/Private Services
  • All about the Bundle Extension Config System
  • Custom Extension Alias
  • Bundle Configuration Class
  • Allowing Entire Services to be Overridden
  • Extensibility with Interfaces & Aliases
  • Proper Bundle composer.json File
  • Testing the Bundle
  • Service Integration Test
  • Complex Config Test
  • Adding Routes & Controllers
  • Controller Functional Test
  • Dispatching Custom Events
  • Event Constants & @Event Docs
  • Plugin System with Tags
  • Tags, Compiler Passes & Other Nerdery
  • Publishing to Packagist
  • CI with Travis CI

Taught by

Ryan Weaver

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