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Zend_Tool, Zend_Application, RDF's, Vomit

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:52 am
by Theory?
So I like ZF. I understand it can be clunky, but from what I've read and seen it seems that it's no worse than any other framework, but inasmuch you do need to know what you're doing to make it all work. Hell, the ZF site runs pretty fast and has an all ZF code base to it. I refuse to use CodeIgnitor because they're still on PHP 4 and I'm tired of sitting around and waiting until they get their heads straight. PHP 6 is coming out soon, it's time we buried 4 once and for all, right? I explored Symfony a while back but become horrendously confused because I have a hard time trusting a PHP framework that barely requires me to type any PHP. This is also the heart of my problems with RDF's in general. I intend to explore Rails, but my heart has a soft spot for PHP.

Either way, Zend has these new things, the Zend_Tool, and Zend_Application and I haven't really played with them at all. My development each time requires me to remake my bootstrap and my directory structure, which isn't terrible since I copy and paste a lot of the bootstrap, and I have a blank file structure on my computer that I just c/p into new projects as needed. I see the advantage to a tool that sets it all up, but I'm wondering if anyone has used these tools and can testify to any strengths or shortcomings outside the obvious convenience. I have a project now that I've just started and its in enough of an early stage to make the conversion if it's worth it, but I'm just asking to get more info.