Posted by NC on 03/07/06 21:08

R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:
>
> The Zend framework preview release is out
> <http://framework.zend.com/> and I don't know why such
> PEAR like (yet another) framework is needed.

There are two reaons I can think of:

1. To make a clean break with PHP 4, and
2. To get rid of multiple library dependencies.

It's also possible that their framework could eventually morph into an
addition to the commercial Zend Platform...

> At the same time, Rasmus' article
> <http://toys.lerdorf.com/archives/38-The-no-framework-PHP-MVC-framework.html>
> is quite contrary to Zend's move (if I'm right).

To an extent... Rasmus, I think, is trying to create something that
could potentially be used by a non-programmer (e.g., a domain expert).
Hence, emphasis on simplicity, usability, and performance. The Zend
team seems to go out of their way to appease programmers with C++ and
Java backgrounds. So they are all into patterns, abstractions,
tooling, etc.

Cheers,
NC

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