2009 August

BOZA Framework – Free Zend Framework-based code generator from UML2 models

BOZA Framework is a conceptual instantiation of the Model-Driven Development (MDD) paradigm that aims at shifting the abstraction level from code to models.

BOZA Framework comes with an integrated Eclipse-based toolset that allows developers to:

  • Produce UML2 models of application
  • Automatically generate a substantial part of the application source code for virtually any platform

BOZA Framework generates so-called protected code sections where developers can write extra code that will not be overwritten during subsequent iterations. It currently offers the instantiation of the BOZA Framework for the PHP platform using the source code-level Zend Framework. Read the rest of this entry →

by Wojciech Szela on August 27, 2009 in News, No Comments »
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Export Excel Spreadsheets using Zend Framework and Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer

In the new post on his blog, Pablo Viquez writes about exporting data to Excel spreadsheet using Zend Framework and Spreadcheet_Excel_Writer (PEAR component). Most interesting part of article, at least for me, is context switching.

Zend Framework offers a nice feature called “Context Switch”. This is an action helper that detects requested output and calls the specific view for the required format.

Presented layout and multi-context application and explanation of how to plug-in contexts not supported by default by Zend Framework is a must ready for everyone looking for clear solutions of presenting same data in different format.

Zend Framework 1.9.2 Released

Yesterday Zend Framework team announced release of new version of the framework, 1.9.2. It is second maintenance release of 1.9 series bringing over 40 issues resolved, covering more than 15 components. As always you may download latest release from official Zend Framework site. Read the rest of this entry →

Matthew Weier O’Phinney’s Blog: Autoloading Doctrine and Doctrine entities from Zend Frameworkwas

Matthew writes that recently we has been asked many times about how to autoload Doctrine and it’s models in Zend Framework. In his recent post we gives short and long explanation how to use Zend_Load_Autoloader to solve this problem. Read the rest of this entry →

Thomas Weidner’s Blog: Pluralization

Thomas Weidner writes on his blog about his recent contribution to Zend Framework, plural forms support in Zend_Translate. Read the rest of this entry →