Quick tutorials

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The quick tutorials are small samples how to use PHP-Maven. Use them for a quick start. The 5 minute examples do not explain that much. If you need some explanation read the 10 minute examples. They contain the same sample but they will explain some things. For deeper explanation you should read the project lifecycle tutorials.

• Library (5 minutes)
  
  A small 5 minute example to create a library.
  
  
• Website (5 minutes)
  
  Create a website project in 5 minutes.
  
  
• Zend-Framework (5 minutes)
  
  Create your zend framework web application in 5 minutes.
  
  
• Doctrine (5 minutes)
  
  Create a doctrine project in 5 minutes.
  
  
• Library (10 minutes)
  
  This tutorial contains some deeper explanations for creating library projects.
  
  
• Website (10 minutes)
  
  This tutorial contains some deeper explanations for creating web projects.
  
  
• Zend-Framework (10 minutes)
  
  This tutorial contains some deeper explanations for creating zend framework web application projects.
  
  

Project lifecycle

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Maven introduces a project lifecycle. Have a look at the tutorials for the most important goals.

• Overview
  
  Read details about maven lifecycles and phpmaven interaction.
  
  
• Creation
  
  Create the project using archetypes
  
  
• Developing
  
  Develop your project
  
  
• Testing
  
  Do unit testing (for details see the unit testing section below)
  
  
• Building
  
  Use and customize the maven build goal
  
  
• Documentation
  
  Create project documentation (for details see the documentation section below)
  
  
• Deploy
  
  Deploying the project to repositories and servers.
  
  

The official repository

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The official repository explains the way to become part of the PHP-Maven community. Help us and share your project. You may us the repository services to share open-source and closed-source projects. We even provide a way to get your own personal repository for commercial usage.

NOTE: The official repository is available in a later version. If you want to share your work or get support for your company please contact us directly.

• Overview
  
  Read details on the official repository.
  
  
• Managing your organization
  
  Manage your organization (=maven group id).
  
  
• Create an open source module
  
  Create and deploy an open source module.
  
  
• Using the CI server
  
  Use the official continuous integration servers.
  
  
• Featured projects
  
  Standards and best practices to become a featured community member.
  
  
• Create a closed source module
  
  Closed source modules for your company.
  
  
• Commercial and company solutions
  
  Private closed repositories and commercial solutions for your company.
  
  
• Find and watch
  
  Perform a search to find projects and watch for new versions.
  
  

Project organization

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These tutorials are getting more deeper inside maven and PHP-Maven. They explain various aspects you may face.

• 3rd party libraries - How to install
  
  The tutorial will help you to install 3rd party PHP libraries.
  
  
• Multi-Project Layout (upcomming...)
  
  Handling multiple projects and parent poms.
  
  
• Managing dependencies - include path, unpacking and bootstraps
  
  A way to manage the dependency resolution and let maven help you.
  
  
• Using PEAR projects (upcomming...)
  
  Integrating dependencies to PEAR projects.
  
  
• Customizing (upcomming...)
  
  Customizing php-maven/ useful configuration options.
  
  

IDE

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IDE support.

• Using eclipse
  
  Setup and use eclipse for your projects.
  
  

Unit testing

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Some tutorials for unit testing.

• Fast unit testing
  
  The tutorial will show you how to run unit tests quickly.
  
  
• Code coverage using xdebug (upcomming...)
  
  Using xdebug to generate code coverage reports.
  
  
• Selenium (upcomming...)
  
  Integrate selenium test cases.
  
  
• Simpletest (upcomming...)
  
  Using simpletest instead of phpunit.
  
  

Documentation

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Tutorials and links that explain the creation of your project site/ project documentation.

• Get the most out of Maven 2 site generation
  
  A good starting point is to study the Maven documentation.
• Create your documentation
  
  Create PHP documentation

Frameworks

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Articles about framework integration.

• Zend Framework
  
  Creating a zend framework project.
• Flow3 (upcomming...)
  
  Creating a flow3 framework project.

Configuration

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Explanation of the configuration options.

• Overview
  
  Overview of configuration.