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The Slim Framework code repositories have a new home in their very own GitHub Organization. As much as I'd like to keep the project beneath my own GitHub handle for the notoriety and what not, the project is best served with its own GitHub Organization. This solves several problems.
The top 50 Slim Framework contributors are eligible for a free copy of
Now you can instantly launch new Slim Framework applications on PagodaBox with the official Slim Framework quickstart. You don’t have to worry about creating filesystem directories, downloading and installing the Slim Framework libraries, or messing with complicated deployment routines.
The Slim Framework website is now hosted with Pagoda Box. I’m super excited about the move. If you haven’t heard already, Pagoda Box is a PHP PaaS that provides a very flexible and scalable architecture for your PHP applications.
Today Slim was mentioned by Lorna Mitchell in her latest opinion piece for .NET Magazine that analyzes the current landscape of PHP frameworks. Head on over to read her article, Land of a Thousand Frameworks.
I am happy to announce that Slim’s support forum and knowledge base now run on Tender™. We previously used the Vanilla forum software, but it proved unstable and unreliable for many users. I want to extend a big thank you to Tender for setting up an open source account for us. Our initial impression is that it is a phenomenal platform, and we cannot wait to put it to good use.
The Slim Framework documentation has moved into the Git repository as of v1.5.2 (currently in the development branch). This change makes it easy for the community to suggest additions or changes to the framework documentation.