Nov
26
I haven't kept up with the Zend Framework as much as I would have liked to. The buzz has died down, and it seems that it also caused me to lose focus on it. Since I've been somewhat bored lately (although I like being bored, gives my imagination more time to itself) and have had time to even play some console games (my poor, poor neglected XBox system), I figure I'll give it another go.
What got me started with the Zend Framework (not the idea, but the actual code) was Rob Allen's personal blog by way of Zend's DevZone. Cal, reporter for DevZone, talked about a Framework tutorial that was written up by Rob Allen, and so I took a look. It wasn't some ugly looking blog post, it was a fully downloadable PDF. I just HAD to have myself a copy! I downloaded it, realized there were typos and errors, but for the most part, it was a HUGE introduction into how the Zend Framework actually worked. After fixing (overcoming) some bugs and completing the tutorial, I actually had a non-secure but fully functioning bootstrapped Zend-Framework-powered website section. I was happy. I was ecstatic, actually. I also had other projects waiting for me to complete. I don't even remember if I finished them or not...
Either way, the Zend Framework has updated its public stable release with a new version and Rob has updated his tutorial. I'm going through it right now and checking for errors that are still present (found 2 or 3 already) and will report back to him on them to help him out with that. If you want to get started using the Zend Framework and like viewing code to understand it (and playing with it) without a HUGE or whole lot of explanation as to what every little thing does (he does break it down, but not a whole lot, you would need some understanding of MVC architecture and PHP to understand this), then I strongly urge you to check out this tutorial.
Source: http://www.akrabat.com/zend-framework-tutorial/
What got me started with the Zend Framework (not the idea, but the actual code) was Rob Allen's personal blog by way of Zend's DevZone. Cal, reporter for DevZone, talked about a Framework tutorial that was written up by Rob Allen, and so I took a look. It wasn't some ugly looking blog post, it was a fully downloadable PDF. I just HAD to have myself a copy! I downloaded it, realized there were typos and errors, but for the most part, it was a HUGE introduction into how the Zend Framework actually worked. After fixing (overcoming) some bugs and completing the tutorial, I actually had a non-secure but fully functioning bootstrapped Zend-Framework-powered website section. I was happy. I was ecstatic, actually. I also had other projects waiting for me to complete. I don't even remember if I finished them or not...
Either way, the Zend Framework has updated its public stable release with a new version and Rob has updated his tutorial. I'm going through it right now and checking for errors that are still present (found 2 or 3 already) and will report back to him on them to help him out with that. If you want to get started using the Zend Framework and like viewing code to understand it (and playing with it) without a HUGE or whole lot of explanation as to what every little thing does (he does break it down, but not a whole lot, you would need some understanding of MVC architecture and PHP to understand this), then I strongly urge you to check out this tutorial.
Source: http://www.akrabat.com/zend-framework-tutorial/
Update -- Nov. 27, 10:10pm ET
I emailed Rob some extremely small errors. Hopefully he won't mind and they'll be accepted. They're pretty paltry at best; mostly just grammatical errors and/or typos. There was only one code error, but it probably wasn't fixed for the sheer fact that it didn't actually break the application...wish I could remember what that type of error is called.
Update #2 -- Nov 29, 9:48pm ET
Rob was kind enough to actually credit me in his blog with a version update. You just have to love this guy. Anyway, he's updated his PDF tutorial to version 1.1.2 and I don't think he'll have many more versions until the Framework itself is updated.
I emailed Rob some extremely small errors. Hopefully he won't mind and they'll be accepted. They're pretty paltry at best; mostly just grammatical errors and/or typos. There was only one code error, but it probably wasn't fixed for the sheer fact that it didn't actually break the application...wish I could remember what that type of error is called.
Update #2 -- Nov 29, 9:48pm ET
Rob was kind enough to actually credit me in his blog with a version update. You just have to love this guy. Anyway, he's updated his PDF tutorial to version 1.1.2 and I don't think he'll have many more versions until the Framework itself is updated.
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