On January 1, 2010, the beta2 of the Solar MVC PHP framework was released. Additionally, a new “Beginner’s Guide” was posted, which will be a great help to anyone wanting to try out a great PHP Framework.
Happy new year!
This is the second screen cast focussed on getting started with the Solar PHP web application framework. In this screen cast, I show you how to create a vendor namespace from the command line, create an application from the command line, and how to get data into your views.
Once you have the Solar PHP framework installed with a basic configuration, it’s time to create a simple application. Starting with something very simple is a great way to learn the framework. Also, you can build upon the simple application as you learn more of the features available.
This post is freakishly long for a blog post, so I paginated it. You will see some links to the pages at the bottom of each page.
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Sometimes it’s difficult to properly explain in writing how to do something. You know the old expression, “a picture is worth a thousand words”? Well, sometimes, the same holds true for a video. I took a little time to create a screen cast of how I installed and set up the Solar PHP web application framework on my home computer running Ubuntu. Now, please remember, the production budget was pretty low, and I am not exactly a voice actor 
Solar is a web application framework written in PHP. It follows the general Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern so those familiar with other MVC-based frameworks will have a pretty easy time figuring out how it works.
There are some good Getting Started documents on the Solar website. Much of this is taken from there with some elaboration.
Keep in mind that Solar is still in an alpha state, so you might not want to use it on production web sites. There are some changes coming in the next release which will make some of the documentation obsolete.
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