Modernisation of legacy PHP applications using Symfony2

Modernisation of legacy PHP applications using Symfony2

By Fabrice Bernhard
Date: Friday, 12 October 2012 17:15
Duration: 45 minutes
Language: English
Tags: agile legacy php rewrite symfony

You can find more information on the speaker's site:

• Talk: http://www.slideshare.net/fabrice.bernhard/modernisation-of-legacy-php-to-symfony-2

PHP and its community has evolved really fast in the last few years to allow for professional architectures and solutions. However, there are thousands of existing PHP applications which have not evolved in the meantime and are now crippled and unmaintainable because of that. These applications represent a real threat to the competitiveness of the business that relies on them.

The best approach in terms of business to solve this problem is progressive rewrite. Symfony2 and its modular architecture make it possible. This talk will cover the main technical challenges of the progressive approach when rewriting legacy applications, with a focus on rewriting PHP applications using Symfony2