Hello Everybody,
today I gave a workshop at Skynet Belgacom on how to use the new features in Zend Framework: Zend_Application and Zend_Tool. Also a quick overview on how to use a DAO to separate the database from the model. The DAO and the model are kept very basic so everybody attending the workshop could understand [...]

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Purpose of the entry
On Saturday June 13th 2009 I attended a talk by Eli White on Scalable web applications. Eli White previously worked at digg.com and now holds the position PHP Community Manager & DevZone Editor-in-Chief at Zend Technologies. When you hear him talk you immediately notice he has a high knowledge on programming, good [...]

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On Friday June 12th 2009 the Dutch PHP Conference started with a small introduction by Cal Evans, director of PCE at Ibuildings and previous editor-in-Chief of DevZone at Zend, Inc.
Cal welcomed us all at the third edition of what will become one of the major players concerning php conferences in Europe. The [...]

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Purpose of the entry
On Thursday June 11th 2009 I attended a workshop on the very (dare I say the most) popular PHP framework: Zend Framework (ZF).
I will share my experience in this entry and try to give you a quick overview on the tips I found most interesting.
Overview

General experience
Components
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Closing notes

General experience
If you follow Matthew Weier [...]

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