PHP Zen with Zend Exploring the Zend Framework Nathan Porter 2008

What is the Zend Framework? Web Application Framework Code Libraries Object Oriented Open Source PHP5 MVC design It’s RAD R apid A pplication D evelopment

Web Application Framework

Code Libraries

Object Oriented

Open Source

PHP5

MVC design

It’s RAD

R apid

A pplication

D evelopment

Why Zend? Standardized PHP Allows developer to focus on functionality instead of code Modular design Well Documented Dozens of useful pre-coded components Contains parts of available API’s like Google List of Components

Standardized PHP

Allows developer to focus on functionality instead of code

Modular design

Well Documented

Dozens of useful pre-coded components

Contains parts of available API’s like Google

List of Components

Zend: Who Uses it? SourceForge OpenId ( Zend OpenId ) Fox Interactive IGN.com RottenTomatoes.com AskMen.com IBM QEDWiki

SourceForge

OpenId ( Zend OpenId )

Fox Interactive

IGN.com

RottenTomatoes.com

AskMen.com

IBM

QEDWiki

Zend: Getting Started Zend is already set up at Plymouth on www, www2, and turing For personal development, Zend needs to be set up on the web server Download Zend Framework A great example of setting up Zend Applications

Zend is already set up at Plymouth on www, www2, and turing

For personal development, Zend needs to be set up on the web server

Download Zend Framework

A great example of setting up Zend Applications

Zend vs PHP: Zend_Date Yesterday With Zend Yesterday with PHP Breakdown Same goal Less code for operation More Precision More functionality with dates

Yesterday With Zend

Yesterday with PHP

Breakdown

Same goal

Less code for operation

More Precision

More functionality with dates

Zend vs PHP: Zend Mail Mail With Zend Mail With PHP Breakdown Same goal Potentially more code Object Oriented style more apparent More functionality with mail

Mail With Zend

Mail With PHP

Breakdown

Same goal

Potentially more code

Object Oriented style more apparent

More functionality with mail

Using Zend: Zend_Feed Functionality for consuming RSS and Atom Feeds Pre-built to handle most feed syntax Object Oriented Zend_Feed::import() Try/catch error handling Zend_Feed_Exception Documentation

Functionality for consuming RSS and Atom Feeds

Pre-built to handle most feed syntax

Object Oriented

Zend_Feed::import()

Try/catch error handling

Zend_Feed_Exception

Documentation

Zend Studio: A Zend IDE Pros Syntax Highlighting Fast Zend App Creation Auto Complete Cons Big Need Project Base Expensive: $799 to $990

Pros

Syntax Highlighting

Fast Zend App Creation

Auto Complete

Cons

Big

Need Project Base

Expensive: $799 to $990

Works Cited Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zend_Framework Framework Manual: http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/ Zend Framework Wiki: http://framework.zend.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=10530 Zend: http://www.zend.com/en/ Zend Framework Tutorials: http://www.zftutorials.com/ Zend Application Setup: http://mitchellhashimoto.com/zend-framework-tutorials/getting-started/

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zend_Framework

Framework Manual: http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/

Zend Framework Wiki: http://framework.zend.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=10530

Zend: http://www.zend.com/en/

Zend Framework Tutorials: http://www.zftutorials.com/

Zend Application Setup: http://mitchellhashimoto.com/zend-framework-tutorials/getting-started/