Hi guys,
This is my situation:
I have a small team.
A group that have experience with Yii but not speedy in HTML/CSS/JS.
Another group have experience in UI thing but not Yii.
I decide to first group works on Models and controllers and 2nd group works on Views after explain some basics of Yii to them.is it reasonable?
I saw Yii web application workflow.
what is your suggestion for workflow for my situation?
Thanks
Sounds totally reasonable to me.
Btw you can use twig or smarty as templating engine, because UI people shouldn’t mess with php.
Hi
it is normal that no one knows everything excellent!
I suggest the first one part of the team learn very good Yii and some basic on js/css/html
The other one have to kmow very good js/css/html and some basic of Yii
some from the team (1-2 person) it is good to know very good both of yii and js/css/html to coordinate all of the team
The above schema is one of the best 
and how is going on with relationship between these groups?
the dev team working on Models and Controllers and design team working on Views.how can they understand each other in fastest way?
generally I don’t know how I must manage my team 
One thing that I have found useful is to spend time wire framing the web application at the beginning of the project. And then go through the sketches with both themes. That should help giving everybody a clear view of the target. My experience is that the more time you spend in this phase working out the details and figuring out the overall workflow, the less time is wasted at a later stage.
Then, after the initial planning, I think it makes sense to let the themes work separately for a while: The design people creates the basic design and turns it into html and css, while the Yii team defines the database structure and use Gii to auto create models and CRUD.
You could then start merging design and functionality by having the themes working together to get the overall design integrated into Yii. My experience is that several iterations is required for this.
Hello Seyyed.
I agree with what Trond said. I myself am developing a web app using Yii. In my case, the designer does not understand html / css, so he only made the psd. Then I hired a front-end developer to create the html / css ( only basic .html file) from that psd. My part is to develop the back-end ( database structure, app logic, etc.) , so we had the process running together, while I’m developing the back-end, the front-end developer is developing the html / css.
But there are some things to be considered. If, like my case, the process of developing the front-end and back-end is done at the same time, make sure that you create the wireframe first, so that the team got the picture of what the app will look like, especially the placement of the elements, so that the process of merging design and functionality will not consume much effort and time.