Slides for the talk given at Symfony Live London on the 14th of September 2012

1. Easy backends with
Symfony2 and the
SonataAdminBundle
Lineke Kerckhoffs-Willems
@the_linie / lineke@phpassionate.com
http://joind.in/7062

2. About me
! Over 9 years experience with PHP
! Egeniq
! Love conferences
! Head of PHPWomen EU
! Lead developer ProTalk
! Mentor and writer
! Mum of 2 beautiful daughters
! @the_linie / lineke@phpassionate.com

3. The problem

4. Solutions
! DIY (Do It Yourself)
! Admingenerator bundle
! SONATA ADMIN BUNDLE

5. The bundle

6. Setup
! Installation
! Separate bundle

7. Setup - Configuration

8. Admin class

9. Dashboard

10. Features

11. List view

12. Create / edit view

13. Fields - Relations - 1

14. Fields - Relations - 2

15. Validation
In the admin class

16. A bit more advanced

17. Tooltips
In the admin class

18. Adding filtering to list view
In the admin class

19. Default ordering in list view
In the admin class

20. Batch actions - 1
The user interface

21. Batch actions - 2
In the admin class

22. Batch actions - 3
Create a controller

23. Translations - simple
! Change default locale in parameters.ini
! Add messages.<language>.xliff in Resources/translations

24. Translations - strategies
! Different strategies
! sonata.admin.label.strategy.native : DEFAULT
! sonata.admin.label.strategy.form_component
! sonata.admin.label.strategy.underscore
! sonata.admin.label.strategy.noop
! In config.yml

25. Translations - domains
! In the admin class
! Rename messages.<language>.xliff

26. There is more…
! Customize templates
! ACL and Google authenticator
! CLI

27. Conclusion
! Sonata Admin Bundle is a great bundle
! Lack of / unclear documentation
! Complexity of the bundle
! Separate bundle needs controller directory

28. Questions?

29. Resources
! http://sonata-project.org/
! http://phpassionate.com/2012/05/22/how-to-use-the-
symfony2-sonataadminbundle/

30. Thank you!
http://joind.in/7062
@the_linie / lineke@phpassionate.com