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Create your application model and export its definition files just in a few clicks.

Output meets all MVC and ORM frameworks standards.

  • Entity
  • Bundle
  • Project
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1.Visually edit your project model.

  • Annotations
  • XML
  • YML
<?php
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping AS ORM;
 
/**
 * @ORM\Entity
 * @ORM\Table(schema="ecommerce_order", options={"charset":"utf8","collate":"utf8_unicode_ci"})
 * @ORM\ChangeTrackingPolicy("DEFERRED_IMPLICIT")
 */
class EcommerceOrder
{
    /**
     * @ORM\Id
     * @ORM\Column(type="integer", length=4, options={"unsigned":true})
     * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="SEQUENCE")
     */
    private $id;
 
    /**
     * @ORM\Column(type="datetime", nullable=true)
     */
    private $ordered_at;
 
    /**
     * @ORM\Column(type="string", nullable=true)
     */
    private $customer_note;
 
    /**
     * @ORM\Column(type="string", nullable=true)
     */
    private $internal_note;
 
    /**
     * @ORM\OneToOne(targetEntity="Address")
     * @ORM\JoinColumn(name="billing_address_id", referencedColumnName="id", unique=true)
     */
    private $BillingAddress;
 
    /**
     * @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="Address")
     * @ORM\JoinColumn(name="delivery_address_id", referencedColumnName="id")
     */
    private $DeliveryAddress;
}
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<doctrine-mapping 
 xmlns="http://doctrine-project.org/schemas/orm/doctrine-mapping" 
 xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
 schemaLocation="http://doctrine-project.org/schemas/orm/doctrine-mapping.xsd">
  <entity 
	 name="EcommerceOrder" 
	 change-tracking-policy="DEFERRED_IMPLICIT" 
	 schema="ecommerce_order" 
	 repository-class="Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository">
    <id name="id" type="integer" length="4">
      <generator strategy="SEQUENCE"/>
      <options>
        <option name="unsigned" value="true"/>
      </options>
    </id>
    <field name="ordered_at" type="datetime" nullable="true"/>
    <field name="customer_note" type="string" nullable="true" version="true"/>
    <field name="internal_note" type="string" nullable="true" version="true"/>
    <many-to-one field="DeliveryAddress" target-entity="Address">
      <join-columns>
        <join-column 
				 name="delivery_address_id" 
				 referenced-column-name="id" 
				 on-delete="CASCADE"/>
      </join-columns>
    </many-to-one>
    <one-to-one field="BillingAddress" target-entity="Address">
      <join-columns>
        <join-column 
				 name="billing_address_id" 
				 referenced-column-name="id" 
				 unique="true" 
				 on-delete="CASCADE"/>
      </join-columns>
    </one-to-one>
    <options>
      <option name="charset" value="utf8"/>
      <option name="collate" value="utf8_unicode_ci"/>
    </options>
  </entity>
</doctrine-mapping>
EcommerceOrder:
  type: entity
  changeTrackingPolicy: DEFERRED_IMPLICIT
  schema: ecommerce_order
  repositoryClass: Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository
  fields:
    id:
      id: true
      type: integer
      length: 4
      generator:
        strategy: SEQUENCE
      options:
        unsigned: true
    ordered_at:
      type: datetime
      nullable: true
    customer_note:
      type: string
      nullable: true
      version: true
    internal_note:
      type: string
      nullable: true
      version: true
  options:
    charset: utf8
    collate: utf8_unicode_ci
  oneToOne:
    BillingAddress:
      targetEntity: Address
      joinColumns:
        billing_address_id:
          referencedColumnName: id
          unique: true
          onDelete: CASCADE
  manyToOne:
    DeliveryAddress:
      targetEntity: Address
      joinColumns:
        delivery_address_id:
          referencedColumnName: id
          onDelete: CASCADE

2.Export it to complete definition files.

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How Skipper helps you

There are many ways how Skipper helps its users. Here are the most important of them:

  • Skipper saves up to 70% of time spent with definitions.
  • Graphical editing improves orientation in a model.
  • With Skipper you avoid all mistypes or errors.
  • Project import allows simple take over of foreign projects.
  • Visual model replaces project documentation and eases communication.
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Benefits for MVC frameworks


Supported MVC frameworks

MVC Framework Suported ORM Frameworks
Symfony (all versions) Propel, Doctrine, Doctrine2
Zend Framework (and Zend Fw2) Propel, Doctrine, Doctrine2
Laravel Eloquent, Propel, Doctrine, Doctrine2
CakePHP CakePHP
Any other MVC Propel, Doctrine, Doctrine2


Almost all Skipper features are MVC independent, so it doesn't matter which MVC framework you use as long as the ORM framework is supported by Skipper. Simply choose "Without MVC" option when creating (or importing) your project.

On the other hand, Skipper includes support for the biggest MVC frameworks and there is an added value for them. For example, Skipper offers better and faster files scanning (because of knowledge of directory structure), an extension in export formats (because some MVC frameworks use slightly different naming convention), etc.


Supported ORM frameworks



Import or creation of a new project with required ORM and MVC framework is easy with Skipper wizards. In the first step you choose ORM and in the second step your MVC framework. This ensures correct output format for following definitions export.

Skipper ORM framework import (Doctrine, CakePHP, Propel)
Skipper MVC framework import (Symfony, Zend)

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We use Skipper on our daily basis for ecommerce software development. It lets us visualize at a glance the data models and work on them in a simple and easy way.

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