I have to say, file size has never been a consideration for me, or anyone I know, when it came to choosing a web application.
Strip the unnecesary bits from the distro, and you'll be fine. What constitutes a "lightweight" version of the ZFW is going to vary from person to person, so attempting to create such a version is going to be hair-pullingly complex. It's something of an edge case anyway. I wouldn't expect it to happen. -- Ed Finkler http://funkatron.com AIM: funka7ron ICQ: 3922133 Skype: funka7ron On 7/22/07, Zuhair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Andi, I agree with you that breaking the distribution is not the solution. I also agree that one can significantly reduce the size as you've mentioned by deleting unwanted sections but then the concern would be that the person is modifying the framework distribution and cannot be 100% sure that what he is doing will not have a negative effect. What I'd rather propose is releasing a light version of the framework that focuses only on the very basics of any web application; you dont have to to consider ajax or soa or web services or internationalization or any of the overwhelming features that the full framework has. The reason behind this opinion is that when someone sells web products, they want the overall size of the application to be in proportion with its function. For example, if the functionality of my product can be achieved in 400Kb using naked coding, I wouldn't want its size to exceed 4Mb using a framework. On the other hand I feel compelled to use ZendFramework because I want my code to adhere to the standards it sets. And because using a standard framework will make it easy for anyone to customize / tailor my product to fit their needs because the framework is well documented. I hope you can see the problem from my perspective. Thanks, Zuhair Naqvi.
