I must admit in the beginning i'm somewhat new to Frameworks, but for reasons to move to enterprise development and faster project execution im prone to get into the Frameworks Arena. Now, i have to make a choice between certain frameworks - Zend Framework, CakePHP, Symfony, CodeIgniter etc. I've invested quite a bit of time for each one's pros n cons, but i could not find an article or tutorial that gives me a complete insight into the world of "Frameworks".
I've decided to approach the Zend Community to clarify me some of the things that are going on in my head. I hope many would like to participate here so that each new beginner can get an idea what options he has. Now, with all the backing that Zend has in terms of Technology Partners, people with PHP-Core knowledge, i decided to learn Zend framework, although alot of friends told me to choose CakePHP. Zend has: 1. Zend Framework 1.9.2 (Free) 2. Zend Server Community Edition (Free) 3. Zend Server (Buy) I've seen MVC tutorials of the framework (although old ones), but find the concept appealing. Zend server Community Edition provides with an user interface to work with, great. The only thing that confuses me is the aspect of CACHING. Caching Zend framework and Zend Community Edition come with the Zend Optimzer(to my understanding does not do opcode caching) and the Zend Server provides with opcode caching. I've read alot of APC caching possibilities and capabilites which to some people is faster then Zend Optimzer. Andi Gutmans commented somewhere that Zend Server has opcode caching capabilities and performance tests should be done with zend server. Now, here are my questions: 1. If i install Zend Server Community Edition can i still make certain manual changes i would be able to do with Zend Framework? 2. Are opcode caching capabilites present in Zend Framework / Zend Server CE - other than Optimizer? (if not -> Can i use zend framework to manually overcome this deficit?) 3. If the only Opcode caching is possible with Zend Server(which i would have to buy)- is there a possibility to integrate APC with Zend Framework? 4. Why does Zend has a http://framework.zend.com/docs/screencasts Screenacst Tutorial about "Getting Started with Zend Framework" with 1.0.3. Ok i know Zend is a 'Company' and would concentrate more on the buy side of products, but essence of PHP is i guess Open Source(free) and any help regarding that would be appreciated even if its in the getting started video - 1.8 would also be OK :-) . I hope i get some clarification for these questions which might also benefit others. Thanx, Ataulkarim -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Clarification-needed-about-%22Zend%22-and-its-products-tp25415258p25415258.html Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
