Zend Framework 1.0.4 and 1.5 RC1 released
The final release of the 1.0 series of Zend Framework, version 1.0.4 has been released. This release fixes 111 known issues and means that the 1.0 branch is as bug free as possible and it is now time to move on the forthcoming 1.5 release.
On that note, the first release candidate for Zend Framework 1.5 was also released today. From the announcement, the new features for 1.5 include:
- New Zend_Form component with support for AJAX-enabled form elements
- New action and view helpers for automating and facilitating AJAX requests and alternate response formats
- Infocard and OpenID authentication adapters
- Support for complex Lucene searches, including fuzzy, date-range, and wildcard queries
- Support for Lucene 2.1 index file format
- Partial, Placeholder, Action, and Header view helpers for advanced view composition and rendering
- New Zend_Layout component for automating and facilitating site layouts
- UTF-8 support for PDF documents
- New Technorati and SlideShare web services
Both releases are available at http://framework.zend.com/download.
