Symfony 4: Our Micro-App and PhpStorm Setup

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    Symfony 4: Our Micro-App and PhpStorm Setup with Ryan Weaver
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    Our mission: To boldly go where no one has gone before…
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    by checking out our app.
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    I already opened the new directory in PHPStorm.
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    So, fire up your tricorder and let’s explore.
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    There are only 3 directories you need to think about.
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    First, public is the document route,
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    so it will hold all publicly accessible files.
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    And, there's just 1 right now – index.php –
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    this is the front controller –
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    a fancy word programmers invented that means that
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    this is the file that’s executed whenever you go to any URL.
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    But really, you almost never need to worry about it.
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    In fact, now that we’ve talked about this directory,
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    stop thinking about it.
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    Yeah, I lied.
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    There are truly only 2 directories you need to think about,
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    config and source.
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    Config holds some, you know, config files.
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    And source is where you’ll put all your PHP code.
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    It’s just that simple.
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    Where is Symfony?
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    As usual, when we created the project,
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    Composer read our composer.json file
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    and downloaded all the third-party libraries,
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    including parts of Symfony,
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    into the vendor directory.
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    Go back to your terminal and find the original tab.
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    Check this out,
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    at the bottom it says that we can get a better web server
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    by running, composer require server.
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    I like better stuff,
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    so let’s try it.
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    Press CTRL+C to stop the existing server
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    and then run, composer require server.
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    If you're familiar with Composer,
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    that package name should look funny…
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    really wrong.
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    Normally, every package name is something/something,
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    like Symfony/console.
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    So, server just should not work, but it does.
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    This is part of a cool new system called Flex.
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    More about that soon.
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    When this finishes, you can now run ./bin/console server:run.
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    This does basically the same thing as before, but the command is shorter.
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    And, when we refresh, it still works.
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    By the way,
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    this bin/console command is going to be our new robot sidekick.
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    But it’s not magic.
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    Our project has a bin directory with a console file inside.
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    Windows users should say
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    php bin/console because it’s just a PHP file.
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    So, what amazing things can this bin console robot do?
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    Find your open terminal tab and just run, ./bin/console
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    Yes! This is a list of all of the bin/console commands.
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    Some of these are debugging gold.
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    We’ll talk about them along the way.
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    OK, we are almost ready to start coding,
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    but we need to talk about our spaceship.
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    I mean, Editor.
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    Look, you can use whatever you want,
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    but I highly recommend PHPStorm.
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    Seriously, it makes developing in Symfony a dream.
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    And no, those nice guys and gals
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    at PHPStorm aren’t paying me to say this,
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    but they can if they want to.
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    If you do use it, which would be awesome for you,
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    there are 2 secrets you need to know to trick out your spaceship…
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    uh, Editor.
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    Clearly I was in hyper-sleep too long.
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    Go to Preferences,
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    Plugins, then click Browse repositories.
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    There are 3 must-have plugins.
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    Search for Symfony.
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    First, the Symfony plugin.
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    It has over 2 million downloads for a reason.
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    It will give you tons of ridiculous auto-completion.
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    You should also download PHP Annotations and PHP Toolbox.
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    I already have them installed.
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    If you don’t,
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    you'll see an Install button right at the top of the description.
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    Install those and restart PHPStorm.
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    Then, come back to Preferences, search for Symfony,
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    and find the new Symfony section.
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    Click the Enable Plugin checkbox.
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    You need to enable the Symfony plugin for each project.
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    It says you need to restart, but I think that’s a lie.
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    It’s space, what could go wrong?
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    So, that’s PHPStorm trick #1.
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    For the second, search Composer,
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    and click on the Composer section.
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    Click to browse for the path to composer.json,
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    and select the one in our project.
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    I’m not sure why this isn’t automatic, but, whatever.
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    Thanks to this,
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    PHPStorm will make it easier to create classes in source.
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    You'll see this really soon.
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    OK, our project is set up and it’s already working.
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    Let’s start building some pages
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    and discovering more cool things about our new app.

Stellar Development with Symfony 4

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Symfony 4: Our Micro-App and PhpStorm Setup

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5 minutes 49 seconds // HDCC //

In this tutorial, we'll get oriented with our app and set up PhpStorm for Symfony 4 development.

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