SilverStripe Framework - Building without the CMS

SilverStripe FrameworkBuilding without the CMS

What we’ll cover

Why?! Just why?

What does the CMS take care of for us?

Setting up routes

Handing off to nested controllers

What about a CRUD* interface?

*Create, Read, Update, Delete

Why would you even...

But the CMS is one of SilverStripe’s USPs!

Why would you even...

Because:

Quick to get up and running

Easy to define Data Model

Familiarity with framework

Can use existing pipelines and workflows

User management out-of-the-box

Access control / security

Modules!

What does the CMS do?

Takes care of dynamic routing

ModelAsController

Nested routes

Dynamic links to models

Forwarding of old URLs

SiteTree

Pages

Logical hierarchy and menus

Managing Assets

Nice HTTP error templates

So why throw it away?

Speed gains

Reduce bloat

No requirement for managing site structure or content

Highly dynamic pages

Where do we start?

Routing

Routing

Config system for routing

mysite/_config/routes.yml

Define routes to controllers

Before/After?

Before = LOWER priority

After = HIGHER priority

Routing

Handling requests on the Controller

Extra params won’t be removed

Params are parsed when they match

We can create some nice “RESTful” URIs

Putting it into practice

A Todo App!

Nested controllers

Nested controllers

Delegating to nested controllers

Prevent creating GOD controllers

Single purpose controllers!

Flexibility to be used anywhere

Flexibility

Instead of:

Flexibility

We can do:

Routing through nested controllers

GET /todo/1/task/9/delete HTTP/1.1Host: example.com...

todo matches ListController

1/task/9/delete is passed to ListController

1/task matches task action

9/delete is passed to TaskController

Add some logic to pull out the current List

Put it all together...

Sprinkle some fairy dust

We have ourselves a todo list app

What about administration?

CRUD out of the box?

Framework comes with the admin module

CMS extends Admin

Most projects/apps need SOME sort of CRUD interface

Save yourself building an admin interface!

User management / permissions out of the box

Speed up testing

The admin (not CMS)

CRUD out of the box?

Framework comes with the admin module

CMS extends Admin

Most projects/apps need SOME sort of CRUD interface

Save yourself building an admin interface!

User management / permissions out of the box

Speed up testing

The admin (not CMS)

What did we learn?

Everything else stays the same

Define your

Routes

Controllers

Models

Relationships

Views

Forms

Change the world!

or… just build a to-do list app

Thanksgithub.com/dhensby/todo-list

@dhensby (everywhere!!)