Creating web applications can be a tedious and time consuming task, web shops probably being one of the most robust and intensive type of application out there, as they encompass a great deal of features. There are many components involved in delivering the final product; from database, server side (PHP) code to client side (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) code. In this chapter, we started off by defining some basic user stories which in turn defined high-level application requirements for our small web shop. Adding wireframes to the mix helped us to visualize the customer facing interface, while the store manager interface is to be provided out of the box by the framework.

We further glossed over two of the most popular frameworks that support modular application design. We turned our attention to Symfony as server side technology and Foundation as a client side responsive framework.

Moving forward, in the next chapter, we will take a more in-depth look into Symfony. As well as being a...