Zend Framework 2.0.0beta1 Released!

The Zend Framework community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Zend Framework 2.0.0beta1. Packages and installation instructions are available at: http://packages.zendframework.com/

Zend Framework 1.11.11 Released

The Zend Framework team announces the immediate availability of Zend Framework's ALL ONES 1.11.11 release, the eleventh maintenance release in the 1.11 series. 1.11.11 includes around 30 bug fixes and may be downloaded from the Zend Framework site .

Announcing September's Zend Framework Bug Hunt Days

For those who haven't put the recurring event in their calendar, the Zend Framework Monthly Bug-hunt is here again! This Thursday, Friday and Saturday (the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of September), we'll be hosting our monthly bug hunt. For those of you unfamiliar with the event, each month, we organize the community to help reduce the number of open issues reported against the framework.

ZendCon Early Bird Registration ends soon!

ZendCon is coming and the time to save on ticket prices is getting short! You know you want to go, so go ahead and get your ticket now. Click on inside, I’ll share the link.

Announcing the August 2011 Zend Framework Bug-Hunt

For those who haven't put the recurring event in their calendar, the Zend Framework Monthly Bug-hunt is here again! This Thursday, Friday and Saturday (the 25th, 26th and 27th of August), we'll be hosting our monthly bug hunt. For those of you unfamiliar with the event, each month, we organize the community to help reduce the number of open issues reported against the framework.

Zend Framework 1.11.10 Released

The Zend Framework team announces the immediate availability of Zend Framework 1.11.10, our tenth maintenance release in the 1.11 series. 1.11.10 includes more than 50 bug fixes and may be downloaded from the Zend Framework site .

ZendCon '11 Alumni Discount

Ah the memories of ZendCon…there are just so many of them. Great session, Keynotes that inspire you to think, and some of the parties can only be described as epic. Alumni, you know what I mean, so join us again and continue the tradition. Click on inside and get the details on how you can be apart of ZendCon again and save a few bucks in the process.

Announcing July's Zend Framework Bug Hunt Days

For those who haven't put the recurring event in their calendar, the Zend Framework Monthly Bug-hunt is here again! This Thursday, Friday and Saturday (the 28th, 29th and 30th of July), we'll be hosting our monthly bug hunt. For those of you unfamiliar with the event, each month, we organize the community to help reduce the number of open issues reported against the framework.

Zend Framework 1.11.9 Released

A number of potential BC issues were identified in the 1.11 series, and specifically in the 1.11.8 release, and as such, the Zend Framework team is releasing version 1.11.9 just one week following 1.11.8. It is available for immediate download: http://framework.zend.com/download/latest

Zend Framework 1.11.8 Released

The Zend Framework team announces the immediate availability of Zend Framework 1.11.8, our eighth maintenance release in the 1.11 series. 1.11.8 includes around 40 bug fixes and may be downloaded from the Zend Framework site .

Juozas Kaziukėnas discusses the future of PHP frameworks

Juozas “Joe” Kaziukėnas recently wrote a post on his blog that discusses the current and future state of the PHP framework landscape. This one is going to take a little explaining, have a seat and I’ll get the flip chart.

Pádraic Brady is now summarizing the Zend Framework Contributors Mailing-List

Zend Framework community member Pádraic Brady has started his own summaries of the Zend Framework Contributors mailing-list. Click on inside, I’ve got the URL laying around here somewhere.

Jump In Camp - Who is here and what are they doing?

Reporting live from the basement of a hotel in Seattle, Washington, here is my report for today on Microsoft’s SQL Server jump In! Camp.

Microsoft's second SQL Server Jump In Camp

What do you get when you mix developers from more than 10 different PHP based projects with the Microsoft team that writes/maintains MS SQL Server? I don’t know either, but if you stay tuned this week and I’ll try to describe it to you.

Announcing June's Zend Framework Bug Hunt Days

For those who haven't put the reoccurring event in their calendar, this announcement is for you: the Zend Framework Monthly Bug-hunt is here again! Next Thursday, Friday and Saturday (the 23rd, 24th and 25th of June), we'll be hosting our monthly bug hunt. For those of you unfamiliar with the event, each month, we organize the community to help reduce the number of open issues reported against the framework.

Zend Framework 2.0.0dev3 Release

The Zend Framework team is pleased to announce the third development release of Zend Framework 2.0, 2.0.0dev3. It is immediately downloadable from the Zend Framework servers: zip package tar.gz package NOTE! This release is not considered of production quality, and is released solely to provide a development snapshot for purposes of testing and research. Use at your own risk.

Anthony Wlodarski's Blog: Zend Framework and why it is important to read the source code.

Anthony Wlodarski makes an important point about what one of your first steps should be when considering a framework for your application - be sure to read the source first . In his case, it was the Zend Framework.

Getting an OAuth Access Token from the Command Line

OAuth is great - there's no need to save users' passwords, it's - in theory - a consistent way to interact with other services, and it's hopefully something that your users are familiar and comfortable using. But if you're not just interacting with your users' accounts - for example, your application uses a single account on a service to broadcast messages, or analyze data - getting or renewing the access token can be painful.

Book Review: Producing Open Source Software

I've been at a number of community run, focused, and attended conferences so far this year. And despite our celebration of the results and benefits of a community, we often forget all the effort that goes into the mechanics and operations behind the scenes.

Liskov Substitution Principle.. attempted

In Friday's post, I explained and gave examples of SOLID principles. I left out an example of the Liskov Substitution Principle because it deserves its own post.