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API Platform and Symfony 4

How to build a Symfony 4 API Platform application from scratch

Symfony 4 and the API Platform Framework make it easy to create an API application with basic CRUD operations. However, in real-world applications more advanced features (e.g. authentication and custom endpoints) are needed which require quite a bit of knowledge to set-up. Therefore, in this blog article, we explore these advanced features by creating an example application that covers the following topics: Step 1. Installation of API Platform and the EasyAdminBundle Step 2. Creation of Read more…

By nielsvandermolen, ago

Why and how you should use Docker with Symfony 4

Symfony 4 made a deliberate choice to create new features to support microservices. Symfony Flex and Recipes make it easy to create a project that holds the minimal of dependencies, for example, the Twig (layout) component is not loaded when creating a minimal API application: 12composer create-project symfony/skeleton my-project composer req api This makes Symfony 4 a good choice for setting up our microservices especially in combination with the reduced complexity of bundle-less applications and sensible Read more…

By nielsvandermolen, ago

What to expect of this blog?

This blog is written mainly to have a reason to do research and to document the progress in the hope it will be useful for the audience. I expect to benefit from this blog by getting in touch with like-minded people and receiving feedback about the topics. My background is in computer science and engineering with an MSc in Human Media Interaction and with four-year experience as a Drupal developer with experience in enterprise solution architecture for Read more…

By nielsvandermolen, ago