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February 20, 2025 Imen Ezzine New

The DRY principle: striking the delicate balance between code reuse and clarity

This article explores the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle and its impact on code quality. While emphasizing its importance in avoiding repetition and facilitating maintenance, it highlights the risks of excessive application of this principle, which can be detrimental to clarity and project evolution. The aim is to strike the right balance between reuse and simplicity.

February 4, 2025 Oskar Stark

Type-Safe Identifiers with Symfony and Doctrine: Using Dedicated ID Classes

Learn how to enhance type safety in Symfony and Doctrine by using dedicated ID classes like BookId and UserId instead of raw UUIDs. This approach prevents identifier mix-ups, improves code clarity, and ensures better integration with Symfony Messenger and repository methods. Explore practical examples and best practices for implementing type-safe identifiers in your Symfony applications.

February 3, 2025 Remi Brière

Agility and the Cargo Cult - Part 1

Agility is more than just rituals and tools. In this first article of our Scrum series, we explore the Cargo Cult phenomenon and how blind imitation can hinder true Agile transformation.

January 31, 2025 Silas Joisten

SemVer vs. CalVer: Which Versioning Strategy is Right for You?

SemVer ensures stability for libraries, while CalVer aligns projects with release cycles. Learn the key differences and best use cases to optimize your versioning strategy.

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December 17, 2024 Oskar Stark

Introducing PIE: The Modern PHP Extension Installer

Discover PIE, the new PHP Installer for Extensions, a modern tool that simplifies managing PHP extensions with a Composer-like workflow. Say goodbye to PECL complexities and streamline your development process with PIE.

Main stage at SymfonyCon Vienna 2024 with a purple light and a large screen

December 17, 2024 Jules Daunay

An Unforgettable SymfonyCon in Vienna

For the first time ever, SymfonyCon was held in the beautiful city of Vienna on December 5-6th. The much-anticipated flagship conference of the Symfony ecosystem, SymfonyCon Vienna 2024, brought together over a thousand eager framework enthusiasts in the Austrian capital. Let's take a moment to look back at the largest PHP conference of the year!

October 28, 2024 Silas Joisten

SensioLabs Goes Headless: Unleashing Content Flexibility with Storyblok

SensioLabs has embraced the power of Storyblok, a leading headless CMS, to unlock greater content flexibility and scalability. By integrating Storyblok into our workflows, we empower both developers and content creators to deliver seamless, dynamic experiences across multiple platforms.

October 21, 2024 Silas Joisten

Outdated Composer Dependencies: The Risks You Can’t Afford to Ignore?

In this post, we’ll explore the risks of neglecting to update your Composer dependencies and how it can lead to serious security vulnerabilities, compatibility issues, and missed opportunities for performance and feature improvements.

October 21, 2024 Silas Joisten

Understanding Domain-Driven Design: A Practical Approach for Modern Software Architecture

Explore Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and patterns like Ubiquitous Language, Aggregates, and Bounded Contexts. Learn how DDD fits seamlessly into PHP and Symfony projects, helping you align software with business needs.

June 28, 2024 Salsabile El Khatouri

This Summer, Stand on top of the Symfony Podium

Summer is going to be a blast with the Euro Cup and the Paris 2024 Olympics. While you’re enjoying the sports, why not challenge yourself with the latest versions of Symfony and PHP? Throughout the summer, SensioLabs is offering the tools you need to level up your performance and make your mark as a top Symfony developer. Ready, set, go!

May 22, 2024 Jules Daunay

SensioLabs Germany Announces New Managing Director: Oskar Stark

Oskar Stark, a member of the Symfony Core team, has been appointed Managing Director of SensioLabs Germany. This new addition to the team will foster the growth of SensioLabs Germany, the official subsidiary of SensioLabs in Germany, to the benefit of German-speaking Symfony users.

April 16, 2024 Jules Daunay

SymfonyLive Paris 2024: Two Days of Conference and Fun.

On March 28th and 29th, the SensioLabs team and the French-speaking Symfony community gathered at the Cité Internationale Universitaire in Paris for SymfonyLive Paris 2024. Were you not at this must-attend event? We’ll summarize it for you, but only because it’s you!

March 26, 2024 Jules Daunay

Discover our Symfony events in February 2024

February was a busy month for SensioLabs regarding events related to Symfony. We attended Symfony meetups and conferences in France, Switzerland, England and finally Canada. We invite you to join us in this article for our review of February. Enjoy reading!

February 27, 2024 Salsabile El Khatouri

Symfony 7 Courses Are Now Available!

Symfony 7 has been released in November 2023. As the creator of Symfony, SensioLabs provides the official training courses on this new version of the framework. Discover our new Symfony 7 training programs in this article.

February 1, 2024 Elise Hamimi

SensioLabs and Symfony in Mallorca for the Ibexa 2024 conference

Last week, the SensioLabs & Symfony team was in Palma de Mallorca for a 2-day conference at the Ibexa Global Partner Conference. Read our review of the event in this article.

Crowd raising hands in the main auditorium at SymfonyCon Brussels 2023

December 28, 2023 Elise Hamimi

Back to Brussels for our recap of SymfonyCon 2023

On the 7th and 8th of December we were in Brussels for the long-awaited SymfonyCon Brussels 2023. This year the fantastic international Symfony community gathered in the Belgian capital for another conference full of inspiring talks and two days of fun. Relive it with us!

Interview Symfony 7 with Nicolas Grekas and a radio mic illustration on a clear background

November 29, 2023 Elise Hamimi

Interview: Symfony 7 in a Nutshell with Nicolas Grekas

Symfony 7 was released today, and as per tradition, SensioLabs interviewed Nicolas Grekas, one of the key contributors to the Symfony Core Team. Find out about the new latest features in Symfony 7 and what you should prepare for when upgrading to it.

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November 27, 2023 SensioLabs

SensioLabs welcomes Inetum to its partner network

SensioLabs and Inetum, the European leader in digital services and solutions, have announced the signing of a new partnership. This partnership will enable Inetum to offer its customers enhanced support for their PHP and Symfony developments throughout the lifecycle of their projects. Who is Inetum? Inetum is an agile ESN, a digital services and solutions […]

November 21, 2023 Elise Hamimi

PHP Forum 2023: A Marvelous edition for SensioLabs

On October 12 and 13, SensioLabs was at the long awaited 2023 edition of the PHP Forum. The French PHP community conference brought over 600 people together for two days of exciting talks. This year, the AFUP repeated the event at the famous New York Hotel – The Art of Marvel at Disneyland Paris! We take a look back at this edition in this article.

September 13, 2023 Jules Daunay

Sylius Days – a first edition in Paris

Last week, SensioLabs hosted the very first Sylius event in Paris: Sylius Days Paris 2023. The first day was all about technical workshops with experts, and on the second day, Sylius organized a hackathon on contribution to the framework.

Nicolas Grekas facing the attendees sitting at the Symfony meetup in Brussels with fancy lights hanging

August 10, 2023 Jules Daunay

Throwback to PHP Brussels Meetup June 2023

On June 22nd, SensioLabs welcomed the PHP Brussels Meetup group for an exceptional meetup featuring Nicolas Grekas and Juliette Reinders Folmer. This meetup was the opportunity to connect with the local community six months before SymfonyCon Brussels 2023.

July 17, 2023 Jules Daunay

SensioLabs sponsors the new Symfony 6.3 release

The new minor version Symfony 6.3 came out at the end of May, adding new features before the release of Symfony 6.4 at the end of the year. Find out why SensioLabs decided to sponsor Symfony 6.3, as well as the main changes in this new version.

May 24, 2023 Jules Daunay

SensioLabs becomes a Gold Partner of Platform.sh

Last week, SensioLabs became a Gold Partner of Platform.sh, the all-in-one platform as a service (PaaS). Let us have a look at the partnership between SensioLabs and Platform.sh and why we are thrilled about this news.

May 10, 2023 Candice Thelliez

[2/2] Interview: How is your future job at SensioLabs like?

When you join SensioLabs, the creator of Symfony, you enjoy many benefits to make your life easier and develop in the best conditions. In this interview, Léna Florence Ourahou and Anaïs Martin, Talent Acquisition Specialists, share with you the information you need to know before applying for a job at SensioLabs.

April 27, 2023 Candice Thelliez

[1/2] Interview: How to apply for a job at SensioLabs?

Have you ever dreamed of joining the team of the creator of Symfony? Then, this interview is for you to describe the recruitment process at SensioLabs. Anais Martin and Léna Florencia Ourahou, Talent Acquisition Specialists at SensioLabs, answered the most common questions they receive from people who apply at SensioLabs.

April 4, 2023 Elise Hamimi

SymfonyLive Paris 2023: our summary of the conference

On March 23 and 24, SensioLabs sponsored SymfonyLive Paris 2023 a the Cité Universitaire de Paris. Like every year, the French-speaking Symfony community gathered for a conference with many inspiring talks. Read our summary of this exciting event.

March 16, 2023 Elise Hamimi

SensioLabs sponsoring PHP UK and Confoo 2023

After 2.5 years of Covid, SensioLabs is going back overseas to reconnect with the PHP and Symfony community. In February, we sponsored two top-tier PHP conferences in the UK and Canada: PHP UK and Confoo. Here is our story of these great events.

January 24, 2023 Jules Daunay

The first sfPot in 2023: UX, API & pizzas

Last week, the first sfPot of 2023 took place at UX-Republic, in Paris. A sfPot focusing on UX with the presentation of Symfony UX, but not only. We also had an introduction to the Melodiia project, and the evening continued with a social event.

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