Migrating Zend Framework to new major release was always tricky. You had to carefully check which components has been changed and then search for detailed description of migration of each component (usually in manual). This process was not only time consuming but also error prone. Fortunately for all of us Thomas Weidner wrote:
For Zend Framework 1.10 I changed this.
Now there is a single migration chapter within the appendix where you can find all migration notes from all releases and all components at one place.
When you want to migrate from 1.9 to 1.10 then you can now read in a single chapter and have all changes at one place.
Maybe it does not look like big change, but for all developers using Zend Framework it is huge improvement. Thank you Thomas.
It is not yet officially announced but Zend Framework 1.9.5 has been released. The release has been already tagged in SVN repository. Change log should be published soon.
Pádraic Brady announced on Developer Tutorials site completing Zend_Oauth’s Consumer implementation for the OAuth Core 1.0 Revision A specification. He also present example implementation of Tweeter client using new component.
The OAuth protocol enables websites or applications (Consumers) to access Protected Resources from a web service (Service Provider) via an API, without requiring Users to disclose their Service Provider credentials to the Consumers. More generally, OAuth creates a freely-implementable and generic methodology for API authentication.
Zend_Oauth might be released in Zend Framework 1.10 (due December?) and is already in incubator. See how it works before the official release.
On his blog Matthew Weier O’PHinney has posted interesting note about exposing service APIs in Zend Framework.
The hubbub surrounding “Web 2.0″ is around sharing data. In the early iterations, the focus was on “mashups” — consuming existing public APIs in order to mix and match data in unique ways. Now, more often than not, I’m hearing more about exposing services for others to consume. Zend Framework makes this latter trivially easy via its various server classes.
Matthew show how to run your service. He also explains why the framework’s team recommends bootstrapping services separately from MVC application.
Zend Framework team has publish results of October’s Zend Framework Bug Hunting Days. As they say, the event’s activity started out slowly but ended up with almost 100 bugs resolved. It’s almost five times more than issues resolved in last maintenance release of Zend Framework 1.9.x. Huge success of both mentors and contributors. Congratulations! I guess we can expect to see next maintenance release very soon.
The next Bug Hunting Days are planned for November 19th-20th. Everyone can participate and everyone is welcome. You don’t have to know all framework’s modules or regular contributor to solve bugs. Even regular usage of framework should give you enough knowledge to solve bugs, and you can learn some interesting insights and meet other contributors. Get ready, maybe next time thanks to you more than 100 bugs will be solved!
