What is Symfony?

It is a PHP Web Framework

Based on:

• 10 years of experience
• Open-Source Projects

Created for:

• Professional websites and Web Based Applications
• Complex needs
• Demanding Environments

What is a framework?

Whatever the application, a framework is build to ease development by providing tools for recurrent and boring tasks.

• Generic Components
• Bundled by default
• Well integrated
• Optimized for the web
• Professionalized web develop

So for example you need to develop a large portal or website for your business than you have a choice either to use a Content Management System or use Symfony to develop it.

If you use CMS

• Standard features
• Pre-made application
• The website must adapt to the features provided by the CMS

If you build CMS based on symfony

• Tools and components to build a CMS
• Extensible and flexible enough to implement any business logic
• The CMS is built for the customer needs

Main goals of Symfony framework are:

• Don’t reinvent the wheel and use the best practices, Save $$$$ in development
  • Cost (initial) = Cost (Development) + Cost (Maintenance)
  • Cost (Maintenance) > >Cost (Initial)
  • Cost (Maintenance) = Cost (Understanding)+ Cost (Change) + Cost (Test) + Cost (Deployment)
• Develop faster and better
  • Less Code, Less Complexity, Less Bugs, More Productivity, More Time
  • More time is Quick Time to Market
• Become the framework for the professionals

Bottom line of this long story is, Symfony saves lot of $$$$ both in Development and Post Development phases of your project!!