yii-apollo-basic

A basic base app for the Yii Framework.

Setup

• Set up Git by following the instructions here.
• Update the configurations in app/config/ to suit your needs. The app/config/main.php isn't configured to use a database by default. Edit your common/config/environments/dev.php and prod.php to suit your database requirements. (Unless you are running the app in dev mode yiic env dev, it'll use prod.php.)
• Composer is required. The package includes already a composer.phar file.
• Browse through the composer.json and remove the dependencies you don't need also update the required versions of the extensions.
• If you have composer installed globally:
  • Run composer self-update to make sure you have the latest version of composer.
  • Run composer install to download all the dependencies.
• If you work the composer.phar library within the project.
  • Run php composer.phar self-update to make sure you have the latest version of composer.
  • Run php composer.phar install to download all the dependencies.
• Download and install Node.js by following the instructions here here.
• Run npm install to download Node.js dependencies.
• Update the configurations in app/config to suit your needs.
• Start Grunt by running grunt and it will compile your LESS and deploy your JavaScript files.
• Run yiic env dev to activate the development environment.
• Run yiic debug on to enable the debugging mode.
• You're done! Navigate to web/index.php to see your application.

For more information on Composer and Grunt:

• Composer documentation
• Grunt documentation

Extensions

The following extensions are part of yii-apollo-basic:

• Config builder https://github.com/Crisu83/yii-configbuilder
• Debug https://github.com/Crisu83/yii-debug
• Debug toolbar https://github.com/malyshev/yii-debug-toolbar
• Yiistrap https://github.com/Crisu83/yiistrap

Please consult the extension documentation for further information.

A sincere thanks to Crisu83 for making his fine work available.