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How to Build Command-Line Apps

In this series, we'll learn how how to build command-line apps from scratch, using Symfony's excellent console component. In no time, you'll be whipping up executables to perform all sorts of tasks.

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Episodes
6
Run Time
44m
Difficulty
Intermediate
Last Updated
Nov 11, 2015
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  1. Episodes (6)

    1. Introduction

      Ever used Laravel's installer utility? What about Homestead, or Behat, or PHPSpec? If so, then you've indirectly benefited from the Symfony Console component.

    2. Hello World

      Let's start with the obligatory "hello world" of command line apps.

    3. Use Classes for Console Commands

      Now that you've learned about the basic process of registering a command, let's now translate that code to a dedicated class.

    4. Case Study: The Laravel Installer

      To continue our learning, let's review the makeup of Laravel's command-line installer tool. In fact, we'll reproduce it from scratch!

    5. Rendering Tabular Data

      Rendering tabular data to the console is incredibly simple. Let me show you the entire process; it'll only take a moment or two.

    6. Exercise: A Command-Line Task App

      Let's put everything we've learned so far to work, as we build a fun little task app that runs on the command line.

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