Symfony 3 certification guide

Collections of links based on the topics included in the Symfony 3.0 certification exam.

More info: https://sensiolabs.com/en/symfony/certification.html

Extra resources:

• http://www.albertsola.pro/php-symfony-certification-study-guides/
• https://leanpub.com/symfony-selfstudy
• https://github.com/certificationy/certificationy-cli

PHP

• Object Oriented Programming
  • http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.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
• Exception and error handling
  • https://secure.php.net/manual/en/class.exception.php
  • http://php.net/manual/en/language.exceptions.php
• Traits
  • http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.traits.php
• PHP extensions
  • http://php.net/manual/en/extensions.php
• SPL
  • http://php.net/manual/en/book.spl.php
• Web security (XSS, CSRF, etc.)
  • http://php.net/manual/en/security.php

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HTTP

• Client / Server interaction
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_fundamentals.html
• Status codes
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes
• HTTP request
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#request
• HTTP response
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#response
• HTTP methods
  • https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html
• Cookies
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#setting-cookies
• Caching
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html
• Content negotiation
  • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Content_negotiation
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#accessing-accept-headers-data
• Language detection
  • Missing

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Symfony Architecture

• Symfony Standard Edition
  • http://symfony.com/distributions
  • https://github.com/symfony/symfony-standard
• License
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/code/license.html
• Components
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/index.html
• Bundles
  • http://symfony.com/doc/bundles/
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/quick_tour/the_architecture.html#understanding-the-bundle-system
• Bridges
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11888522/what-are-symfony-bridges-bundles-and-vendor
• Configuration
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/quick_tour/the_architecture.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/configuration/index.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#configuration
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/extension.html
• Code organization
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/quick_tour/the_architecture.html#understanding-the-directory-structure
• Request handling
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_fundamentals.html#the-journey-from-the-request-to-the-response
• Exception handling
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/error_pages.html
• Event dispatcher and kernel events
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/event_dispatcher/introduction.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_kernel/introduction.html
• Official best practices
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/best_practices/index.html
• Release management
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/community/releases.html
• Backward compatibility promise
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/code/bc.html
• Deprecations best practices
  • http://symfony.com/blog/paving-the-way-for-symfony-3-with-the-deprecation-detector-tool

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Standardization

• Release management and roadmap schedule
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/community/releases.html
• Framework interoperability and PSRs
  • http://www.php-fig.org/psr/
• Naming conventions
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/code/standards.html#naming-conventions
• Coding standards
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/code/standards.html
• Third-party libraries integration
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/installation.html
• Composer packages handling
  • https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#introduction
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/composer.html
• Development best practices
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/deployment/tools.html
• Framework overloading
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/configuration/override_dir_structure.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/inheritance.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/override.html
• Semantic versioning
  • http://semver.org/

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Bundles

• Naming conventions
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#bundle-name
• Code organization
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#directory-structure
• Controllers
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#controllers
• The views
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/quick_tour/the_view.html
• The resources
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/best_practices/web-assets.html
• Overriding default error pages
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/error_pages.html
• Bundle inheritance
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/inheritance.html
• Event dispatcher and kernel events
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/event_dispatcher/event_listener.html
• Semantic configuration and compiler passes
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/service_container/compiler_passes.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/compilation.html

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Controllers

• Naming conventions
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#controller-string-syntax
• The base Controller class
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#the-base-controller-class
• The request
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#request
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#the-request-object
• The response
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#response
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#the-response-object
• The cookies
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#setting-cookies
• The session
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#managing-the-session
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/sessions.html
• The flash messages
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#flash-messages
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/sessions.html#flash-messages
• HTTP redirects
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#redirecting
• Internal redirects
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#forwarding-to-another-controller
• Generate 404 pages
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#managing-errors-and-404-pages
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/error_pages.html#customizing-the-404-page-and-other-error-pages
• File upload
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/upload_file.html
• Built-in internal controllers
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#the-base-controller-class

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Routing

• Configuration (YAML / XML / PHP & annotations)
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#basic-route-configuration
• Restrict URL parameters
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#routing-with-placeholders
• Set default values to URL parameters
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#required-and-optional-placeholders
• Generate URL parameters
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#generating-urls
• Trigger redirects
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#redirecting
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/routing/redirect_in_config.html
• Special internal routing attributes
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/routing/extra_information.html
• Domain name matching
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/routing/hostname_pattern.html
• Conditional request matching
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#completely-customized-route-matching-with-conditions
• HTTP methods matching
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/routing/method_parameters.html
• User's locale guessing
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/forms/types/locale.html
• Router debugging
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#visualizing-debugging-routes

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Templating with Twig

• Auto escaping
  • http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/autoescape.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/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/3.0/book/templating.html#template-inheritance-and-layouts
• Global variables
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/templating/global_variables.html
• Filters and functions
  • http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/filters/index.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/templating/twig_extension.html
• Template includes
  • http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/include.html
• Loops and conditions
  • http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/for.html
  • http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/if.html
• Urls generation
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#generating-urls-from-a-template
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/templating.html#linking-to-pages
• Controller rendering
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/templating.html#embedding-controllers
• Translations and pluralization
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/translation.html#translations-in-templates
• String interpolation
  • http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/templates.html#string-interpolation
• Assets management
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/best_practices/web-assets.html
• Debugging variables
  • http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/functions/dump.html

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Forms

• Forms creation
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#creating-a-simple-form
• Forms handling
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#handling-form-submissions
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/best_practices/forms.html#handling-form-submits
• Form types
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#creating-form-classes
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#built-in-field-types
• Forms rendering with Twig
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#rendering-a-form-in-a-template
• Forms theming
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/form/form_customization.html#what-are-form-themes
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#form-theming
• CSRF protection
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#csrf-protection
• Handling file upload
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/upload_file.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/forms/types/file.html
• Built-in form types
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/forms/types.html
• Data transformers
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/form/data_transformers.html
• Form events
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/form/form_events.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/form/dynamic_form_modification.html
• Form type extensions
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/form/create_form_type_extension.html

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Data Validation

• PHP object validation
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/validation.html#the-basics-of-validation
• Built-in validation constraints
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/constraints.html
• Validation scopes
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/validation/custom_constraint.html#class-constraint-validator
• Validation groups
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/validation.html#validation-groups
• Group sequence
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/validation.html#group-sequence
• Custom callback validators
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/validation/custom_constraint.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/constraints/Callback.html
  • https://knpuniversity.com/screencast/question-answer-day/custom-validation-property-path
• Violations builder
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/validation/custom_constraint.html#creating-the-validator-itself

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Dependency Injection

• Service container
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/service_container.html
• Built-in services
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/service_container.html#debugging-services
• Configuration parameters
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/parameters.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/introduction.html#setting-up-the-container-with-configuration-files
• Services registration
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/service_container.html#creating-configuring-services-in-the-container
• Tags
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/service_container.html#tags
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/dic_tags.html
• Semantic configuration
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/extension.html
• Factories
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/factories.html
• Compiler passes
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/service_container/compiler_passes.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/compilation.html
• Services autowiring
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/autowiring.html

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Security

• Authentication
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/security/authentication.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#how-security-works-authentication-and-authorization
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/security/index.html#authentication-identifying-logging-in-the-user
• Authorization
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/security/authorization.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#authorization
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/security/index.html#authorization-denying-access
• Configuration
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/configuration/security.html
• Providers
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#where-do-users-come-from-user-providers
• Firewalls
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#firewalls-authentication
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/security/firewall.html
• Users
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#users
• Passwords encoders
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#encoding-the-user-s-password
• Roles
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/security/authorization.html#roles
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#roles
• Access Control Rules
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#access-control-in-templates
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#access-control-in-controllers
• Guard authenticators
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/security/guard-authentication.html
  • https://knpuniversity.com/screencast/guard
• Voters and voting strategies
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/security/authorization.html
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/security/voters.html

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HTTP Caching

• Cache types (browser, proxies and reverse proxies)
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#types-of-caches
• Expiration (Expires, Cache-control)
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#expiration
• Validation (ETag, Last-Modified)
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#validation
• Client side caching
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#types-of-caches
• Server side caching
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#gateway-caches
• Edge Side Includes
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#using-edge-side-includes

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Console

• Built-in commands
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/usage.html#built-in-commands
• Custom commands
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/introduction.html#creating-a-basic-command
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/console/console_command.html
• Configuration
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/introduction.html#creating-a-basic-command
• Options and arguments
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/introduction.html#using-command-options
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/introduction.html#using-command-arguments
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/console_arguments.html
• Input and Output objects
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/introduction.html#creating-a-basic-command
• Built-in helpers
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/helpers/index.html
• Console events
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/events.html
• Verbosity levels
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/introduction.html#verbosity-levels

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Automated tests

• Unit tests with PHPUnit
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#the-phpunit-testing-framework
• Functional tests with PHPUnit
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#functional-tests
• Client object
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#working-with-the-test-client
• Crawler object
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#the-crawler
• Profile object
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#accessing-the-profiler-data
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/testing/profiling.html
• Framework objects access
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#accessing-internal-objects
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#accessing-the-container
• Client configuration
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#testing-configuration
• Request and response objects introspection
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#accessing-internal-objects
• PHPUnit bridge
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/phpunit_bridge.html
• Handling legacy deprecated code
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/phpunit_bridge.html#mark-tests-as-legacy

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Miscellaneous

• Error handling
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/error_pages.html
• Code debugging
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/debugging.html
• Deployment best practices
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/deployment/tools.html
• Process
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/process.html
• Data collectors
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/profiler/data_collector.html
• Web Profiler and Web Debug Toolbar
  • http://symfony.com/blog/new-in-symfony-2-8-redesigned-web-debug-toolbar
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/configuration/web_profiler.html
• Internationalization and localization
  • http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/best_practices/i18n.html