Zend Framework in Action

Some how I missed this, but Colleen Dick has published a review of Zend Framework in Action!

This is the good bit:

But the main thing is that they build a real web app, complete with a lot of the typical messiness web apps entail. It’s one thing to talk about a class, function, or method in crystalline isolation, but when I see it in use in something I can relate to in the real world, that’s when it clicks for me. Plus, there is actually ZF functionality devoted to handling those messy “real world” details, such as deciding what stylesheets, includes, and javascripts to load for a particular page.

Head over and read the entire review as it also has some fair criticisms.

As always, don’t forget you can ask questions over at the forum.

Posted by Rob on 15th April 2009 under Around the web & Reviews | 1 Comment »

Guillaume Rossolini emailed me to let me know that the French PHP community site Developpez.com has published a review of the MEAP version of Zend Framework in Action.

The review is obviously all in French which unfortunately, I’m not a speaker of. Turning to Google Translate, I thought I’d see what the gist of it is and they are quite positive!

They conclude:

En conclusion, Zend Framework in Action est un bon livre pour découvrir l’ensemble des composants du framework et leur utilisation avancée. Pour les débutants, c’est un excellent complément aux tutoriels disponibles sur internet, permettant d’approfondir leur connaissance du Zend Framework.

which Google translates as:

In conclusion, Zend Framework in Action is a good book to discover all the components of the framework and use advanced. For beginners, this is an excellent complement to the tutorials available on the Internet, to deepen their knowledge of Zend Framework.

If you speak French then I highly recommend that you read the review and then stop by the rest of the site and see what they have to offer.

Posted by Rob on 31st August 2008 under Reviews & The Book | Comments Off

Robert Bolton has posted a book review of Zend Framework in Action:

At times I felt like there may be too much ancillary topics covered, however, after finishing the book, I felt overall it was good that topics such as testing, deployment, and version control were covered. While there isn’t enough information to provide in depth coverage, it exposures the reader to these topics and provides enough information to get started, rather than just briefly mentioning it. And the coverage of the different components with the Zend Framework is comprehensive and understandable. If you are looking at working with the Zend Framework, I would definitely recommend this book.

He finds both good and weak points in the book and we will, of course, see what we can do to address the issues raised.

Posted by Rob on 11th April 2008 under Around the web & Reviews & The Book | 2 Comments »