Presents the FuelPHP framework without going into technical details

1. A Non-Technical
Introduction To
FuelPHP
Nitin Reddy Katkam
www.nitinkatkam.com

2. What is FuelPHP?
O An HMVC framework for PHP 5.3 and
higher
O Supports Namespaces
O Provides ORM, authentication, scaffolding
functionality
O Positioned between CodeIgniter and Zend

3. How It All Began
O Started development in 2010
O Initial dev team
O Dan Horrigan
O Phil Sturgeon
O Jelmer Schreuder
O Harro Verton
O Created with a desire to incorporate best
practices of other frameworks

4. Current State of Affairs
O Lost some of the initial dev team to
Laravel
O Planning major features for 2.0
O Some 2.0 features back-ported to 1.6

5. Roadmap
O Beta of FuelPHP 1.0 in January 2011
O FuelPHP 1.0 in July 2011
O FuelPHP 1.5 in January 2013
O FuelPHP 1.5.2 (current) in February 2013
O FuelPHP 1.6 (coming soon)
O FuelPHP 2.0 (on the roadmap)

6. Why FuelPHP?
O Lower learning curve
O Stable API
O New versions will not break old code
O Flexible
O Driver-based design enables the use of
other libraries
O Includes DB features such as soft
deletion, temporal data, and database
schema migration

7. Where’s FuelPHP Used?
O FuelBlog, a blog engine
https://github.com/anothertestaccount/fuelblog
O CruiseSouthHampton.com
http://cruisesouthampton.com/
O Bushido Tickets, an issue tracker
http://bushidotickets.com
O Kroobe, a classifieds for social networks
http://www.kroobe.com/
O …and more

8. Where’s The Action?
O FuelPHP Forum
O #fuelphp on Freenode
O twitter.com/fuelphp
O reddit.com/r/fuelphp
O FuelPHP Blog

9. “Hello World” Benchmarks
Requests / sec.
Source: http://www.ruilog.com/blog/view/b6f0e42cf705.html

10. “Hello World” Benchmarks
O Summary
O Yaf excels in performance, being a C/C++ built
module for PHP
O Symfony-like performance
O Criticism
O Real-world apps wouldn’t be hello-world
O Benchmarks don’t indicate framework-specific
optimization
O Most real-world apps are cached
(output-caching, opcode-caching, proxy
caching)

11. Who is Who?
Core Developers
O WanWizard, Harro Verton http://wanwizard.eu
O From Belgium, runs a web dev firm, leads the
FuelPHP dev effort
O uru, Steve West http://uruwolf.com
O From London, software engineer, builds the
fieldset, validation, and DB components
O FrenkyNet, Frank de Jonge http://frenky.net
O From Amsterdam, software contractor (?),
builds the query builder and email components

12. Who is Who? (Contd)
Other Community Folk
O _Anderi_, Andrei Curelaru
http://twitter.com/AndreiCurelaru
O From Nimes France, social media consultant &
web designer
O chrismeller, Chris Meller http://chrismeller.com
O From Austin TX, web developer of Habari fame
O dmyers, Derek Myers
http://github.com/dmyers
O From Oklahoma City OK, sr. developer for
onesite.com, 7 yrs of web dev experience,
builds social media packages for FuelPHP

13. Who is Who? (Contd)
Other Community Folk (Contd)
O efx, Laurent Marques http://electroheadfx.fr
O From Paris France, software developer and
independent contractor
O huglester, Jaroslav http://webas.lt
O From Lithuania, runs a web dev firm
O SCIF, Alexander Zhuravlev
O From Vladivostok Russia, web dev currently
working on
http://vladmama.ru/category/consulting

14. Who is Who? (Contd)
Other Community Folk (Contd)
O snowyrooftops, Nitin Reddy Katkam
http://nitinkatkam.com
O From Dubai, software contractor / trainer /
author
O zombor, Jeremy Bush http://zombor.net
O From Kenosha WI, sr. software engineer at
sittercity.com
O …and more

15. Learning Material
O FuelPHP Docs
O FuelPHP Guide for Kindle by Nitin
O NetTuts+ Screencast by Phil

16. The End
(Credits on next slide)

17. Credits
Thanks go out to the following individuals for
providing info included in these slides:
O Harro Verton (WanWizard)
O Uru

18. Also See
O http://fuelphpguidebook.wordpress.com