Skipper

Skipper: Create ORM definitions and export them from a visual model to a standardized format with this friendly application

Skipper is an intuitive piece of software that lets you easily create and edit visual definitions in various ORM frameworks such as Cake PHP, Propel, Doctrine and Doctrine 2 in order to automate and speed up the importing process for project definitions.

The program can be used to create and edit definitions which include a large number of associations, entities and fields. There’s also the possibility to add and edit a wide array of plugins, modules and regions represented as graphical symbols in the app. The included editor lets you edit each of the offered properties, such as not-null, auto-increment and size.

Once you choose an ORM framework, you can also select the MVC framework you want to use for your project. Zend Framework and Symfony are among the possible choices, and the same collection of useful options is available for all of them.

Definitions can be imported and exported in a large number of file formats. For example, you can quickly export projects as image and PDF files, as well as import external models and ORM schema documents.