-- Mike A <[email protected]> wrote (on Monday, 15 February 2010, 07:37 AM -0000): > Excuse potentially dumb questions first thing in the week (and for the > Chinese, new year)... > > Zend Framework is the badge given to what we use. When it comes to > explaining things, especially novices, it seems difficult to describe > where the ZF itself stops and the component library begins. > > Is the ZF in fact a very small core and the component libray separate > from it? If so, why not brand separately to distinguish in the minds > of those entering "ZF" where the core ends and "extras" begin? Are > there references to answer these questions?
We do not distinguish between them officially. You may use ZF as a full-stack framework, or as a component library, or as both. When we discuss ZF as a full-stack framework, we point to the MVC layer and Zend_Tool. All other components are then use-at-will, even such components that you may strongly integrate within your MVC application such as Zend_Auth, Zend_Acl, Zend_Session, etc. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney Project Lead | [email protected] Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/ PGP key: http://framework.zend.com/zf-matthew-pgp-key.asc
