Authors
Rob Allen
Rob Allen has been programming with PHP for over seven years and is a member of the Zend Framework community. He is a contributor to the Zend Framework, developing the Zend_Config component with the help of many ideas from the mailing list. He has also written a popular getting-started tutorial available from www.akrabat.com. He holds a Masters degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Birmingham and started out writing C++ Windows applications. He now concentrates solely on web-based applications in PHP. Rob is the Technical Director of Big Room Internet concentrating on the company’s content management framework and future technologies. He can be found on the Internet at Akra’s DevNotes.
Nick Lo
Nick Lo is a web designer, developer, partner, and general ‘wearer of many hats’ with Ingredients, located in Byron Bay, Australia. Having formally trained as a designer, he initially taught himself programming to automate the more tedious aspects of printed catalog production. Since 1998 his involvement with website design and development has taken him further ‘under the hood’, working on a broad range of web-based applications from community portals to university research projects. His involvement in the Zend Framework began as an early participant in the community, gaining recognition through several online tutorials. His home page is Nick’s Notepad.
Steven Brown
Steven Brown started using PHP in 1998 but has developed using many other languages including Java, Actionscript, Lingo and Javascript. He has worked on desktop applications, multimedia CDs, websites, web applications and more recently has worked on projects involving video and AJAX while maintaining a focus on performance, reliability and security. Steven was introduced to the Zend Framework by Nick Lo and quickly adopted it as a replacement for his own core application code on several major projects. When he’s not programming Steven enjoys driving or working on cars.
