Do PHP Frameworks still make Sense? Let’s go Frameworkless to focus on the Domain!

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Explore the benefits of a frameworkless architecture and domain-driven design, focusing on understanding the problem domain and building a solution around it, rather than being limited by technology.

Key takeaways

Frameworkless architecture allows for increased decoupling and flexibility.
Domain-driven design (DDD) is a methodology that focuses on understanding the problem domain rather than just building a solution.
DDD can be split into strategic design and tactical design.
Strategic design defines the high-level rules and concepts, while tactical design applies those rules to code.
A good example of DDD in practice is the use of value objects, which are immutable and comparable.
Entities and aggregates are concepts in DDD that are used to represent complex domain concepts.
A repository is a pattern in DDD that separates the domain logic from the data storage.
The author suggests using small libraries and compounds to avoid dependencies.
He also suggests avoiding use of active record implementations of ORMs and instead using simple PHP objects.
The idea is to focus on the domain and not on the technology.
The author suggests using a framework to explain a framework-less approach.
The use of frameworks can be seen as a dependency and can make it difficult to update or change the code.
The author suggests using PHP frameworks as an example of how to improve communication and language.
The author also suggests that junior engineers can benefit from using PHP frameworks to learn how to build software.
The author’s favorite methodology is DDD.
The author wants to focus on the domain and not on the technology.

Do PHP Frameworks still make Sense? Let’s go Frameworkless to focus on the Domain!

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