Matthew Weier O’Phinney has announced Zend Framework 1.10 alpha 1 release and it’s roadmap. We should expect to see final release on 21st of January, 2010.
Scope of the release is not yet know as new code is still being commited, but at least the following new features will be present:
- Zend_Barcode, contributed by Mickael Perraud
- Zend_Cache_Backend_Static, contributed by Pádraic Brady
- Zend_Cache_Manager, contributed by Pádraic Brady
- Zend_Exception – previous exception support, contributed by Marc Bennewitz
- Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub, contributed by Pádraic Brady
- Zend_Feed_Writer, contributed by Pádraic Brady
- Zend_Filter_Compress/Decompress, contributed by Thomas Weidner
- Zend_Filter_Null, contributed by Thomas Weidner
- Zend_Log::factory(), contributed by Mark van der Velden and Martin Roest
- Zend_Log_Writer_ZendMonitor, contributed by Matthew Weier O’Phinney
- Zend_Markup, contributed by Pieter Kokx
- Zend_Service_LiveDocx, contributed by Jonathan Marron
- Zend_Service_WindowsAzure, contributed by Maarten Balliauw
- Zend_Validate_Barcode, contributed by Thomas Weidner
- Zend_Validate_Callback, contributed by Thomas Weidner
- Zend_Validate_CreditCard, contributed by Thomas Weidner
- Zend_Validate_PostCode, contributed by Thomas Weidner
Please read the announcement to see what can you expect from Zend Framework 1.10 in terms of features and releases dates.
Every project has class of repetitive tasks. One of such tasks is creating models and integrating them with database tables. In his recent post Joey Riviera shows how to automate this process by using Zend_CodeGenerator_Php_Class.
This is where Zend_CodeGenerator_Php_Class comes in. This component of Zend allows you to create php code on the fly. My theory was, instead of manually creating all these files and typing all the field names (very time consuming with lots of room for error), I could use Zend_CodeGenerator_Php to create all the content of my classes and echo it on the screen so I could copy/paste. Once I had this working, I took it to the next step and included the process of saving that content to files on my project folder. After working on this last night, everything worked like a charm and my classes are easily and quickly created, mapped directly to my database structure, by simply calling one method. No room for error either and I can run this at any time!
Joey’s post should help everyone in automating generation of models or similar cases, saving some development time and increasing stability of software.
Zend Framework’s barcodes validator has been recently re-engineered by Thomas Weidner.
You think it did already exist? Yes, and no. Let’s clearify a little bit.
The old implementation of Zend_Validate_Barcode did not work properly. It was fixed to EAN13 and UPCA and very limited.
I reworked it completly, added new features and a easy API.
It is now a base component for Zend_Barcode, a new component which provides you with the ability to print barcodes.
New validator brings not only API changes towards greater flexibility, but also 12 new standards and improved validation.
Dynamic forms in Zend Framework can be confusing for many developers. In his latest post Tibo Beijen resolves many doubts one can have about dynamic forms.
In this example I construct a form where a user can view and edit a task list for a week’s working days. Every task can be edited in one single form and new tasks can be added at will. When viewing the page the application fetches the tasks already entered for that week.
He explains how forms work in general and what are the best strategies to create dynamic form in Zend Framework. Tibo also shows how to integrate a form with JQuery and add custom decorators.
Zend Framework team is working hard on preparing roadmap for ZF 2.0. To do this they need your opinion about current state of Zend Framework and your expectations. For this purpose a survey has been prepared.
We need your input to help us better understand the way ZF is used in the real world, what’s working and what isn’t, and where you would like us to invest next. With ZF 2.0 work commencing soon – there has never been a better time to provide your feedback.
The survey is short and fast to fill in. It will give the team answers for most important questions like actual usage of the framework, quality, your concerns etc. So take a 5 minute break and contribute to ZF 2.0 by providing your feedback.
