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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zend Technologies - December Newsletter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello debian, Zend would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family Happy Holidays and all the best for the New Year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ZEND NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reduce IT costs with Zend Solutions! --------------------------------------------------------- Economic climate increasing pressure to reduce IT cost - The rapid growth of PHP has demonstrated the very real need to combine development speed and simplicity with performance and scalability to address a fast paced business environment. In today's economy, spending wisely on IT is paramount and optimizing existing IT investments critical, which is making PHP more attractive for companies starting Web application projects. For companies who already use PHP, streamlining development and deployment processes or optimizing hardware are key areas of focus. Zend Solutions helping customers maximize IT investments - Whether it is improving developer productivity by dramatically reducing the time it takes to solve application errors or by boosting application performance to use less hardware, Zend Solutions are designed to help customers get the most out of their PHP and IT investments. Zend customers, like Byng Systems (who on one project saved 15 development days, 5 system admin days and 14 support days), have been enjoying reduced IT costs from implementing Zend Solutions as they continue to leverage PHP to address the rapidly changing business requirements. Learn more about reducing IT costs with Zend » http://www.zend.com/en/solutions/reduce-it-costs/ New Demo - Developing Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) --------------------------------------------------------- Creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) has never been easier! The integration of Zend Framework and Dojo, and the new Dojo code editing support in Zend Studio for Eclipse 6.1, provide an out-of-the-box solution for rapid development of Ajax-based applications. View our new, five minute screencast to understand the basic steps of creating a meeting scheduler PHP Web application: * Creating a Zend Framework and Dojo project * Using Zend Studio’s code assist for writing Dojo code * Deploying and running the application View the screencast » http://files.zend.com/videos/ZF-Dojo-Integration/ Zend Framework Success Stats! --------------------------------------------------------- * 10 million downloads since project inception * 2.5 million Google hit results for Zend Framework * Over 500 contributors to this open source project * 1,200+ pages in reference guide, in six major languages, with over 500 code snippets * RIA support now for both AJAX-JavaScript & Flash Platform (Dojo & Adobe Flex) Learn more » http://framework.zend.com/ Download Zend Framework » http://framework.zend.com/download/latest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ZEND PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Service - Zend Smart Start: Rapid time to Zend and PHP ------------------------------------------------------------ Zend Smart Start is a packaged service that is designed to help customers/prospects accelerate development/deployment and apply best practices (Quality and Optimization) to their Web Application environments. Zend Smart Start provides a practical way for businesses to begin leveraging PHP for their Web applications projects. Delivered by PHP experts, this five day on-site engagement includes everything organizations need to develop, deploy and manage PHP Web applications and employ best practices helping ensure their overall success. This service includes: on-site installation and configuration of PHP infrastructure, product training and consulting. Learn more » http://www.zend.com/en/services/consulting/smartstart/ Get trained on PHP! --------------------------------------------------------- Are you ready to learn PHP, but not sure where to start? Check out our Course Selection Guideline and get on the right path to learning PHP! http://static.zend.com/topics/PHP-Course-Selection-Guideline.pdf Courses for Getting Started: * Quick Start: PHP for Experienced Programmers – This course is designed for experienced developers (2+ years) of other languages - Procedural & OO, such as C, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript, Python, Perl, Ruby - who want to transfer their skills to PHP and need to quickly learn the PHP-specific version of common features, such as syntax and language constructs. Next Class - January 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30 from 9am-11am PST February Class - February 2, 3, 4 & 5 from 9am-11am PST http://www.zend.com/en/services/training/course-catalog/php-for-experienced-programmers * PHP I: Foundations – This course is designed for those who want to learn the basics of the PHP language, and assumes some familiarity with web sites – what they are and the very basics of how they work – but no programming experience. Web designers who want to become PHP Developers would certainly benefit from this course. Next Class - January 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 20, 21 & 23 from 8am-10am PST February Class - February 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 17, 18 & 20 from 4pm-6pm PST http://www.zend.com/en/services/training/course-catalog/php-foundations * PHP II: Higher Structures – This course continues where PHP I: Foundations leaves off, and is designed for novice PHP developers who want to further advance their skills in the PHP language and already know the basics of PHP syntax, language constructs, and web site functionality. Next Class - January 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 20, 21 & 23 from 4pm-6pm PST February Class - February 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 17, 18 & 20 from 8am-10am PST http://www.zend.com/en/services/training/course-catalog/higher-structures-of-php View the course catalog » http://www.zend.com/en/services/training/course-catalog/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ZEND WEBINARS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RIA with Flex and Zend Framework December 18, 2008 - 11:00am PST Learn the basics of using Adobe Flex with the Zend Framework to create Rich Internet Applications. In this eSeminar, follow along as we step you through building a simple application, allowing you to start to use Zend to build your next Flex and PHP based applications. Register » http://www.zend.com/en/company/news/event/webinar-zend-and-the-adobe-flash-platform ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DEVZONE TIPS & TRICKS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Microsoft Access databases with PHP and PECL http://devzone.zend.com/article/4065-Reading-Access-Databases-with-PHP-and-PECL Dynamically generating PDFs http://devzone.zend.com/article/4044-Dynamically-Generating-PDF-Files-with-PHP-and-Haru- Reading/Writing MP3 & Photo Metadata http://devzone.zend.com/article/4025-Reading-and-Writing-MP3-and-Photo-Metadata-with-PECL- More from Zend DevZone » http://devzone.zend.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ZEND IN THE NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rokkan builds Virgin Airlines community with Zend Framework http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=11806 Zend Framework as Lean Software http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Move-Over-Open-Source-Lean-Software-is-the-New-Black-for-Developers/ Hot Skills, Hot Language: PHP (ComputerWeekly UK) http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/12/02/233670/hot-skills-php.htm IBM i DB2/400 Support Enhanced in Zend Framework http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh120108-story05.html Zend adds Flash links to PHP http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/19/Zend-adds-Flash-links-to-PHP_1.html Adobe, Zend To Link PHP Apps To Web Users http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/webdev/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212100922&subSection=Enterprise+Applications Read More » http://www.zend.com/en/company/news/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPECIAL ONLINE STORE OFFER - Get a free T-shirt for the Holidays! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get a free "PHP is the new Black" T-shirt with eligible training and software purchases now through December 31. 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