Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 4 EAN: 9780973862157 ISBN: 0973862157 Label: Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc. Manufacturer: Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: January 21, 2008 Publisher: Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc. Sales Rank: 110719 Studio: Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc.
Product DescriptionLearn to master the secrets of the Zend Framework with this new book from php|architect's popular Nanobook series! Written by Zend DevZone editor and well-known PHP expert Cal Evans, php|architect's Guide to Programming with Zend Framework helps you understand the Zend Framework through a detailed roadmap into its features and functionality. This book covers much of the primary functionality offered by the Zend Framework, and works well both as a thorough introduction to its use and as a reference for higher-level tasks. The table of contents includes: - Getting started - The Model - The Controller - The View - Data access - Web services - Authorizations - Exceptions and error management - Rich Internet Applications - Hacking the framework: secret classes and advanced functionality - Framework internals - Tips & tricks - The new Zend_Layout classes With a rich, example-driven style and the trademark no-fluff approach to professional content, php|architect's Guide to Programming with the Zend Framework belongs in your book collection!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Can I give it no stars?
Don't bother.
I ignored the advice of others here and ordered this book anyway, mainly because it's the only book in print on the subject. It sucks...bad.
I got the book this afternoon and had the RMA paperwork filed before bedtime. No thanks.
Super thin on information, and it's not even basic of information. Lets skim the surface of some pretty important concepts and libraries, shall we? At least thats how it felt to me.
Rating: - The pickings are slim
I purchased this book, despite the negative reviews. As other reviewers have already mentioned, the book was poorly edited and several errors exist in code samples. The sample application is esoteric for a general guide. I'm not saying we need another blog tutorial, but jumping into consuming web services certainly doesn't consider what most readers will want to know.
Discussion of the flexibility provided by the Zend Framework in comparison to other PHP frameworks is missing. I also ... Read More
Rating: - Ok information but Cal Evans assumes alot knowledge
Although there is some good information. You have to fight the book to get to it. Some of the code examples are broken. Nothing major, but when you buy a book to learn new coding techniques. It helps to not have to troubleshoot the example code. ( plus the author names the application directory "application" but in his paths he refers to it as app ). Also there is only one reference that I saw that points you to the example code. Maybe I missed it but I looked again before I wrote this, and I only ... Read More
Rating: - Good starter.
Good book to start with if you know MVC but don't know ZF. If you're looking to learn the MVC model I'd suggest picking up something else along with book. There is some organization and placement talk but I think it could have been even more in depth. One thing I noticed is he refered to things that were in the sample code and not in the book directly. So if you hadn't downloaded the sample code and worked with it you wouldn't have known what he was talking about. Also the books editing was so so, as ... Read More
Rating: - very superficial
Didn't like the way the book is written. I do not understand the point of chapter called 'super ninja secret classes', why not use simply zend_registry? The author sounds so pretentious sometimes, it's really annoying. I've read Zend Framework In Action from Manning and Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP from Apress and there are really ten times better and richer.
- Can I give it no stars?
- The pickings are slim
- Good starter.
