Ryan Weaver — Going to the Core of Drupal & Symfony (and Laravel and Silex) — php[world] 2014

Session Abstract: What do Drupal 8, Symfony, Laravel and Silex all have in common? Actually, the deepest, darkest most core parts all use the same Symfony components. This means that understanding how requests, routing, controllers and responses work in Laravel is the same as Drupal, Symfony and Silex. In this talk, we'll talk about the essence of what a framework does and show how similar these different tools are in reality. By the end, if you already know Symfony, you'll understand how Drupal and Laravel work (or vice versa). We'll also look at some of the key differences.

Bio: Ryan Weaver is the documentation lead for the Symfony Framework, trainer and consultant at KnpLabs US, writer for KnpUniversity.com and an avid supporter of open source as a tool to solve serious business problems. Ryan likes to present topics in a narrative way - building real applications and telling a story as you learn and develop. He's a published author, speaker and, most importantly, the husband of the wonderful Leanna Pelham.