Silex Skeleton

Boilerplate code to kick start your Silex project., _(*1)

I like Silex because it's minimal. You don't have a lot of extra junk that you're app doesn't use. I also like Laravel, but my biggest compliant with it is that you have a bunch of additional files/directories for features you may never use., _(*2)

Enter this skeleton. Inspired by Laravel, yet simple enough to give you only what you need while leaving room for any necessary growth in the future., _(*3)

Features

Vagrant

Comes with a simple development environment thanks to scotchbox. If you're not familiar with Vagrant, I recommend visiting vagrantup.com. Once everything is installed, simply run, _(*4)

vagrant up

from CLI and you now have a fully functional development environment at http://192.168.33.22/, _(*5)

Views

Again, I'm a big fan of KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid., _(*6)

I don't see the need of a heavy template engine when PHP has native templating abilities. This skeleton comes prepackaged with cesarv/views, but it's pretty easy to change the view provider if need be., _(*7)

Happy coding!, _(*8)