Zend framework 01 - introduction
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Zend Framework is an open source PHP web application framework that provides reusable code components and an advanced model-view-controller structure. It has over 7 million downloads and 500 contributors. Some key benefits of Zend Framework include its simplicity, extensible code base, and flexible architecture that allows using only necessary components. It provides standards for coding, naming conventions, and exceptions to promote best practices. Developers are encouraged to contribute by following the coding standards and joining project teams.
Zend framework 01 - introduction
- 1. Zend Framework 1. An introduction Tricode Professional Services www.tricode.nl Date: 14-12-2008 Author: Sander van Beek
- 2. Requirements Basic knowledge of PHP5 and Object Orientated programming (preferrably Zend certified) Pen and paper Pc with Wamp / Xamp installation Internet connection
- 3. Introduction “ Zend Framework is an open source, object oriented web application framework for PHP 5. ZF is often called a 'component library', because it has many loosely coupled components that you can use more or less independently. But Zend Framework also provides an advanced model-view-controller (MVC) implementation that can be used to establish a basic structure for your ZF applications.”
- 4. Overview “ Component library” BSD-style open source license Big community – www.zendframework.com Zend: the PHP company ZF coding standard Latest version: 1.7
- 5. Users
- 6. Statistics More than 7 Million Downloads More than 500 Contributors More than 1000 pages in the Reference Guide More than 500 Examples in the Reference Guide Almost 2 million hits on Google More than 750 hits currently on Technorati More than 60 projects based on or extending Zend Framework at SourceForge More than 30 projects based on or extending Zend Framework at Google Code More than 3000 resolved issues in the Issue Tracker
- 7. Why Zend Framework? Simplicity (most commonly needed functionality – 80/20 rule) Extensible and well-tested code base Flexible architecture (use what you need) No configuration files necessary to get going
- 8. Components
- 9. Coding standard Basis for tricode coding standard Highlights: lowerCamelCase Private/protected attributes or methods prefixed with _ Naming convention suited for autoloading Class: Zend_Framework_Class File: Zend/Framework/Class.php On one page: http://raphael.stolt.googlepages.com/ZendFramework_coding_standards_on_on.pdf
- 10. Good habits Don’t use closing tags (?>) Throw custom exceptions in your extensions. Exception hierarchy: Exception -> Zend_Exception -> Zend_Db_Exception Don’t use globals (anti-pattern) Use @package and @subpackage annotations in docblocks Fluent interfaces ( $obj->a()->b()->c(); ) Use SVN externals instead of copying the framework
- 11. Contributing Sign the contributor license Subscribe to one or more mailing lists Learn the coding standard & phpunit Join a project team See http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFDEV/Contributing+to+Zend+Framework