Symfony certification guide

This is not an official guide, it's only a compilation of links extracted from the documentation based on the Symfony Certification page topics.

Even if you have no plans to take the Symfony certification exam, this list of resources may help you better understand the Symfony framework.

Feel free to fork and send a PR.

Topics

PHP

• Object Oriented Programming
  http://www.php.net/manual/en/oop5.intro.php
• Namespaces
  http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.php
  https://knpuniversity.com/screencast/php-namespaces-in-120-seconds/namespaces
• Interfaces
  http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.interfaces.php
• Anonymous functions and closures
  http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.anonymous.php
• Abstract classes
  http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.abstract.php

HTTP

• Client / Server interaction
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/http_fundamentals.html
• HTTP request
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#request
• HTTP response
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#response
• Status codes
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes
• RFC 2616 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt

Symfony2 Architecture

• Standard edition of Symfony2
  http://symfony.com/distributions
• Components
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/index.html
• Bundles
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/quick_tour/the_architecture.html#understanding-the-bundle-system
• Bridges
  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11888522/what-are-symfony-bridges-bundles-and-vendor?answertab=votes#tab-top
• Configuration
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/quick_tour/the_architecture.html#configuring-a-bundle
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/configuration/index.html http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/config/index.html http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#configuration
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/bundles/extension.html
• Code organization
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/quick_tour/the_architecture.html#understanding-the-directory-structure
• Request handling
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/http_fundamentals.html#the-journey-from-the-request-to-the-response

Standardisation

• Naming conventions
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/contributing/code/standards.html#naming-conventions

• Coding standards
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/contributing/code/standards.html

• Integration of third-party libraries
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/bundles/installation.html

• Composer packages handling
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/installation.html https://knpuniversity.com/screencast/composer

• Development best practices http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/best_practices/index.html

• Override the framework
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/bundles/override.html

The Bundles

• Naming conventions
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#bundle-name
• Code organization
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#directory-structure
• The controllers
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#controllers http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/controller/index.html http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/controller.html
• The views
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/quick_tour/the_view.html
• The resources

The controllers

• Naming conventions
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/routing.html#controller-string-syntax
• Get the request
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/controller.html#requests-controller-response-lifecycle http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#request
• Generate the response
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/controller.html#requests-controller-response-lifecycle http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#response
• The cookies
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#setting-cookies
• The session
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/controller.html#managing-the-session http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/http_foundation/sessions.html
• Session flashbag
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/controller.html#flash-messages http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/http_foundation/sessions.html#flash-messages
• Redirects
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/controller.html#redirecting
• Internal redirects
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/controller.html#forwarding-to-another-controller
• Generate 404 pages
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/controller.html#managing-errors-and-404-pages http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/controller/error_pages.html#customizing-the-404-page-and-other-error-pages

The Routing

• Configuration (YAML / XML / PHP & annotations)
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/routing.html#basic-route-configuration
• Restrict URL parameters
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/routing.html#routing-with-placeholders
• Set default values to URL parameters
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/routing.html#required-and-optional-placeholders
• Generate URL parameters
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/routing.html#generating-urls http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/routing.html#generating-urls-with-query-strings
• Trigger redirections
  http://symfony.com/doc/master/cmf/components/routing/dynamic.html#redirections http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/routing/redirect_in_config.html

Templating with Twig

• Auto escape
  http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/autoescape.html http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/templating.html#output-escaping-in-twig
• Template inheritance
  http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/extends.html http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/templates.html#template-inheritance http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/templating.html#template-inheritance-and-layouts
• Global functions
  http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/functions/index.html
• Filters
  http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/filters/index.html
• Template includes
  http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/include.html
• Control statements (loops and conditions)
  http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/for.html http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/templates.html#control-structure
• Urls generation
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/routing.html#generating-urls-from-a-template http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/templating.html#linking-to-pages
• Call a controller from a view
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/templating.html#embedding-controllers
• Translations
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/translation.html#translations-in-templates

Forms

• Create forms
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/forms.html#creating-a-simple-form
• Handling forms
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/forms.html#handling-form-submissions
• Form types
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/forms.html#creating-form-classes http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/forms.html#built-in-field-types
• Render forms with Twig
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/forms.html#rendering-a-form-in-a-template
• Forms security (CSRF)
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/forms.html#csrf-protection

Validation

• Validate a PHP object
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/validation.html#the-basics-of-validation
• Native validation rules
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/validation.html#constraints
• Validation scopes
• Validation groups
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/validation.html#validation-groups

Dependency Injection

• The Service container
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/service_container.html
• Global configuration parameters http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/dependency_injection/parameters.html http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/dependency_injection/introduction.html#setting-up-the-container-with-configuration-files
• Symfony2 services
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/service_container.html#what-is-a-service
• Register new services
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/service_container.html#creating-configuring-services-in-the-container
• Tags
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/service_container.html#tags http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/reference/dic_tags.html
• Semantic configuration
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/bundles/extension.html

Security

• Authentication
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/security/authentication.html http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/security.html#how-security-works-authentication-and-authorization
• Authorization
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/security/authorization.html http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/security.html#authorization
• Configuration
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/reference/configuration/security.html
• Providers
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/security.html#where-do-users-come-from-user-providers
• Firewalls
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/security.html#firewalls-authentication http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/security/firewall.html
• Users
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/security.html#users
• Encoders
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/security.html#encoding-the-user-s-password
• Roles
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/security/authorization.html#roles http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/security.html#roles
• Access Control Rules
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/security.html#access-control-in-templates http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/security.html#access-control-in-controllers

HTTP Cache

• Cache types (browser, proxies and reverse proxies)
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/http_cache.html#types-of-caches
• Expiration (Expires, Cache-control)
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/http_cache.html#expiration
• Validation (ETag, Last-Modified)
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/http_cache.html#validation
• Client cache
• Server cache
• Edge Side Includes
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/http_cache.html#using-edge-side-includes

The command line

• Symfony2 commands
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/console/usage.html#built-in-commands
• Custom commands
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/console/introduction.html#creating-a-basic-command
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/console/console_command.html
• Configuration
• Options and arguments
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/console/introduction.html#using-command-options
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/console/introduction.html#using-command-arguments
• Read the entry and write the output

Automated tests

• Unit tests with PHPUnit
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/testing.html#the-phpunit-testing-framework
• Functional tests
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/testing.html#functional-tests
• The Client object
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/testing.html#working-with-the-test-client
• The Crawler object
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/testing.html#the-crawler
• The Profile object
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/testing.html#accessing-the-profiler-data http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/testing/profiling.html
• Access framework objects
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/testing.html#accessing-internal-objects http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/testing.html#accessing-the-container
• Configure the client
• Introspect the request and response
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/testing.html#accessing-internal-objects

Miscellaneous

• Error handling
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/controller/error_pages.html
• Debug the code
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/debugging.html

Resources

Documentation

• The Symfony Book
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/book/index.html
• The Symfony Cookbook
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/cookbook/index.html
• The Symfony Book Spanish
  http://librosweb.es/symfony_2_3/
  The Symfony Glossary
  http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/glossary.html

Books

• Desarrollo web ágil con Symfony2 Spanish
  http://symfony.es/libro/
• A year with Symfony
  https://leanpub.com/a-year-with-symfony
• Un año con Symfony Spanish
  https://leanpub.com/un-ano-con-symfony
• Extending Symfony2 Web Application Framework
  http://www.packtpub.com/extending-symfony-2-web-application-framework/book
• Testing para Aplicaciones Symfony2 Spanish
  https://leanpub.com/testingsymfony2
• Symfony Enterprise Applications https://leanpub.com/symfony-enterprise-applications
• Extending Symfony2 Web Application Framework https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/extending-symfony2-web-application-framework
• Symfony Certification. Unofficial self-study guide
  https://leanpub.com/symfony-selfstudy

Other

• KNP University - PHP and Symfony Tutorial Screencasts
  http://knpuniversity.com/
• SymfonyBricks
  https://symfonybricks.com/
• Symfony2 cheat sheet
  http://www.symfony2cheatsheet.com/
• Symfony2 Tutorials
  http://www.screenfony.com/
• Symfony2 deployment checklist
  http://www.symfony2-checklist.com/
• A Symfony Console CLI tool to train on Symfony certification
  https://github.com/certificationy/certificationy-cli
• A Symfony Web Platform tool to train on Symfony certification
  http://www.certificationy.com/