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Ecotone promotes way of developing PHP Applications that have it's roots in Message-Driven Architecture combined with Domain Driven Design.
It helps deliver business focused software quickly, by providing foundation which guarantee decoupling, reliability and scalability.
Ecotone brings powerful concepts like Messaging based on Enterprise Integration Patterns with CQRS and Message Bus support, and well known DDD building blocks like Aggregates, Sagas and Event Sourcing.
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Ecotone just as Frameworks from other programming languages (NServiceBus, Axon Framework, and Spring Integration) introduces implementation of Enterprise Integration Patterns.
This allows us to build systems in a way, which connects different components, modules or even Applications in a decoupled, seamless way. Together with higher level DDD patterns, it creates environment in which building complex workflows and business logic becomes simple.
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Ecotone embrace the concept of Business-Oriented Architecture, which follows fundamental principle of making business logic the primary citizen in our Applications. It shifts the focus from technical details to the actual business processes.
Business Oriented Architecture is built around three main pillars:
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When all thee pillars are solved by Ecotone, what is left to write is Business Oriented Code
- Resilient Messaging - At the heart of Ecotone lies a resilient messaging system that enables loose coupling, fault tolerance, and self-healing capabilities.
- Declarative Configuration - Introduces declarative programming which simplifies development, reduces boilerplate code, and promotes code readability. It empowers developers to express their intent clearly, resulting in more maintainable and expressive codebases.
- Building Blocks - Building blocks like Message Handlers, Aggregates, Sagas, facilitate the implementation of the business logic. By making it possible to bind Building Blocks with Resilient Messaging, Ecotone makes it easy to build and connect even the most complex business workflows.
By providing all those three Pillars, Ecotone provides an foundation which then allows us to fully focus on the business side of the things.
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Ecotone works out of the box with popular PHP frameworks like Symfony, Laravel and can be run stand alone or with any other framework (e.g. Laminas, CodeIgniter, Magento) using Ecotone Lite. {% endhint %}
Check how to install Ecotone for Symfony, Laravel or Lite.