Managing frontend libs in your PHP project

Massimiliano Arione

PHPDay 2014 Unconference

about me

CTO at bee-lab.net

PHP dev since ~2000fell in love with Symfony ~2007president of PUG Roma

https://twitter.com/garakkio

problem

You need to manage some frontend libraries

Examples:❏ jquery❏ bootstrap❏ font awesome❏ you name it

solution #1

ask your frontend colleague

PROSsuper simple

CONShe/she can do a messthere’s no frontend colleague

solution #2

Use CDNs

PROSsuper fast

CONSdoes not work when offlinenot everything is on a CDN

solution #3

Put them in your repo

PROScomplete control over sources

CONSyou have to maintain vendors

solution #4

Use Composer

PROSyou are already using it (are you?)

CONSbackend and frontend mixedduplicated code

solution #5

Use Bower

PROSjust declare vendors in your repo

CONSyou need node.js

solution #6

Use BowerPHP

PROSjust declare vendors in your repo

CONS...

thanks

http://www.bowerphp.org/

references

https://github.com/RobLoach/component-installer

http://bower.io/

http://bowerphp.org/