31st January 2011
Possibly the most frequently asked questions about my book Zend Framework in Action is whether it is going to be updated.
I'm delighted to be able to announce that Ryan Mauger (aka @Bittarman) and myself have agreed with Manning to write a new book on Zend Framework 2.0. to be called Zend Framework 2 in Action! It's very early days, so we have planned the Table of Contents, but have very little manuscript. The current plan is to cover the major components of Zend Framework 2 in the context of a long running application that we will start in chapter 2 and then build upon as we go through each chapter.
The main topics we intend to cover are:
- Creating an application
- Bootstrapping
- Controllers
- Views
- Models
- Doctrine 2
- Modules
- Authentication and access control
- Forms
- Javascript integration
- Navigation and pagination
- Caching
- Consuming web services
- Serving web services
- Internationalisation
- Migrating from Zend Framework 1
- Contributing to Zend Framework
We would appreciate your constructive feedback on our topic list. Obviously, we will be tracking the development of Zend Framework 2 and intend that Zend Framework 2 in Action will be the most comprehensive resource for the new framework and will be published after the release of 2.0!
19th March 2009
I use Twitter's search feature to create RSS feeds for useful terms, like "Zend Framework". Today I noticed a tweet from ManningBooks, my publisher for Zend Framework in Action!
It turns out that they've put up a sample of the book on Scribed! Check out the book, then order it, remembering to use the coupon code scribd25...
9th February 2009
Although I'm not posting here much at the moment, I am answering questions about my Zend Framework book in Manning's Author Online forums. There's a fairly active discussion going on as readers find areas that they are struggling with and I do my best to contribute to most of the threads when I can.
Also, I have started posting up the errata that we have found on the book's website. If something doesn't make sense, check there first!
23rd January 2008
I'm not sure how many people follow my the Zend Framework in Action website yet, so I thought I'd advertise here that I've just posted about my upcoming session at the UK PHP Conference.
Go and read it and then subscribe to the RSS feed!
3rd January 2008
I thought I'd start a new website to talk about all things Zend Framework, so I'm introducing www.zendframeworkbook.com to the world.
The intention is to highlight interesting things that I see on the Zend Framework mailing lists and also to talk about book stuff periodically as well.
Obviously, if you follow the ZF mailing lists religiously, then you may find that you recognise the content of a lot of the posts, but if not, then it may turn into a useful summary of some of the main issues that are happening in Zend Framework land.
