I watched a tutorial on Zend Framework and it is still one of the most complex and frustrating things that I have ever seen. Is anyone familiar with Zend Framworks?
Zend Framework is a easy, straightforward, open-source software framework for PHP 5 designed to eliminate the tedious details of coding and let you focus on the big picture. Its strength is in its highly-modular MVC design, making your code more reusable and easier to maintain.
Building and running Zend framework applications quit complex because they may be not matched with normal debugging tools such as Xdebug, which is bundled with free PHP IDEs such as Netbeans. For this reason, web developers who wan to use a completely free PHP batch, including an IDE, need to consider other options.
I am glad that I read this. While Zend framework does have some pluses, I know see that is not for me. I also understand why it is not for me. One less thing I will try out of curiosity, just to learn the hard way.
Hi
We at Zend believe that contributing to the open source community is important, which is why we're devoting significant company resources to sponsoring and leading the Zend Framework project.
ZF is completely object oriented. Extensible MVC implementation supporting layouts and PHP based templates by default. Even it supports various database system. The flexible caching sub-system with support for many types of back-ends gives more advantages.