Symfony plugins page provides better overview
The plugin section on the Symfony framework website has been improved...a lot! The problem was, after Symfony 1.1 was released, users couldn't see if a plugin was suitable for Sf 1.1, or only for 1.0.x.
I recently created a Symfony 1.1 project for the new CryptoNet website, for which I needed a couple of plugins to experiment with, such as SIFR and TextReplacement. The plugins weren't ready to install them with the refactored plugin system of Symfony, but I managed to install them manually.
With the reorganised section on the official website, you are able to get a list of all plugins, only those for Sf 1.0.x or 1.1 or 1.2. A nice extra feature is that developers can claim their plugins, so other users can search for all the plugins created by a certain developer.
- a quick overview for 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2
On the right side in de plugin section one block in particular is sweet, to view the recently updated plugins:
recently updated plugins
A nice stats block is inserted. At the time of writing, these were the totals:
- 212 plugins
- 106 developers
- 3651 users
Nice improvement guys! I will take a deeper look into the plugins available for 1.1, and make a decision to upgrade or keep working with 1.0.x for a brand new version of X-Power.be.
What do you think of the new layout and function on the plugin page?