Zend Framework 1.5 released

Zend Framework 1.5 has been officially released to the world and Zend have updated the website to make it easier to find what you are looking for.

There have been loads of improvements to the framework, my favourites being Zend_Form and Zend_Layout. Other areas which received a lot of attention include OpenId and LDAP authentication, Lucene and PDF improvements, along with the new ContextSwitch helper to make writing Ajax and REST applications easier.

A new Quickstart guide has been written to get you going or you can look at my Zend Framework 1.5 tutorial if you prefer PDF or a different style of writing.

New today too is a series of getting started videos by Mitchell Hashimoto to show you get you up an running with the Framework. There are four videos so far, each one around 10 minutes long which cover installing, bootstrapping, controllers and view, and extending your ZF application. Check them out!

With the 1.5 release, Zend Framework has really come of age.

Posted by Rob on 17th March 2008 under News | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Zend Framework 1.5 released”

  1. Jakub Warmuz responded on 25 Mar 2008 at 9:57 am #

    The videos by Michael Hashimoto have been available since ZF 1.0.3 release. :)

  2. Rob responded on 25 Mar 2008 at 4:53 pm #

    Hi Jakub,

    I never realised! Sorry Michael.

    Regards,

    Rob…