The Zend framework is currently one of the most used frameworks for application development in PHP. It is well-supported and offers a robust and feature-rich set of tools and a living, competent and skilled community of users.
This book is a beginner’s guide to the Zend framework. It is, however, important to notice what it is not: It most certainly is not a beginner’s guide to PHP. Quite the opposite; if you haven’t mastered PHP at an intermediate level before you start working with this book -– you may soon be lost. So it is beginner’s guide that actually presupposes quite a lot.
Having said that, in my opinion this is a great book for programmers and application developers. It really is a very practical guide to the Zend Framework, and offers tips about how to use the framework smartly, with discussion of options and guides to using this rich framework in ways which are considered best practice. It shows, in real world examples, how extensive, scalable and flexible this framework is. The book discusses Basic Features; Basic Principles and Conventions; Models; Controllers and Views; Authentication, Access Control and Sessions; Routing; Error Handling; Advanced Features; XML; Ajax and JSON; Localization; Web Services; and Performance Optimization.
You will learn how to use the Zend Framework to simplify and shorten the application development cycle, reduce testing time and improve quality. Lots of examples of real-world implementation of code are offered. Also, all the code from the book is available for readers to download. In addition, there are links at the end of each chapter that point to very good and useful references that expand on what the chapter covered. The “ask the expert” boxes provide lots of useful information too.
The writing style is very clear and concise. In my opinion this is one of the best books on the Zend Framework there are, if not the best. It helped me a lot – I found it tough going in the beginning, but as I progressed I found it to be excellent. It is a book I feel I can recommend to anyone wanting to learn about and understand the Zend framework.
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sounds very hard. And of course it is – if you’re talking about designing the front page of New York Times or CNN or some such page. However, to learn the basics and get started with Web Design is something anybody can do – it’s just a matter of learning the basics in a way that is accessible and understandable. And that’s precisely where Web Design DeMYSTiFieD comes in – it is a handy, well laid out book that takes you through all the necessary and basic steps involved in creating a Web site!
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