Zend Framework, A Beginner's Guide

by Vikram Vaswani

Leverage the power of the Zend Framework to supercharge your PHP development! Zend A Beginner's Guide covers key features, including model-view-controller implementation, routing, input validation, internationalization, and caching, and shows you how to use them in a practical context. The book walks you through the process of building a complete Web application with the Zend Framework, starting with the basics and then adding in more complex elements, such as data pagination and sorting, user authentication, exception handling, localization, and Web services. Debugging and performance optimization are also covered in this fast-paced tutorial. Designed for Easy Learning Read-to-use code at www.zf-beinners-guide.com and www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload.

464 pages, Paperback

First published July 16, 2010

Reviews

[Alessandro Pellizzari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Il miglior manuale su Zend Framework che abbia letto finora. Con un linguaggio chiaro e semplice descrive i componenti principali del framework, sia con esempi dedicati che con un sito completo che si sviluppa durante tutto il libro. Unico difetto (che forse per alcuni è un pregio) è che usa Doctrine invece di Zend_Db, pertanto tutti gli esempi seguenti (paginazione, caching, ecc.) si basano su questo ORM e si perde quindi la trattazione come integrare alcuni moduli nativi. Naturalmente non copre tutti i componenti del framework, ma tratta quelli che servono nel 90% dei casi, spaziando anche su Dojo per AJAX.

[Jon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite detailed, but now out of date. Targeted at version 1, but now version 3 is released, lots of things have changed. I work with version 2 at this stage and use dependency injection via the service manager. Nevertheless, it is well written and engaging, with heaps of code samples.
Having finally finished this book, I can say it has lots of useful little tips and tricks about things that will probably prove useful at some stage.