learnt OOP basics but just cannot understand a framework

[langenf]

I have been procedurally programming, decided to learn ZF as it would be useful for large projects (and good for my resume). I read the theory behind design patterns in general and  MVC in particular  and understood it. But I do not understand the stuff in the zend website their quickstart does not help either.

Please note that im learning ZF inorder to increase my prospects, others such as cakephp or symphony is not that used  where i live so iam stuck with ZF. Please say what I need to learn to actually understand zend framework.

[zq29]

You might be interesting in the screen casts over at ZendCasts.com - That was my starting point to learning some basics about ZF, I found it worthwhile, after that, it's a case of just trying stuff and reading the documentation.

[Daniel0]

I read the theory behind design patterns in general and  MVC in particular  and understood it.

 

Are you sure?

[langenf]

I read the theory behind design patterns in general and  MVC in particular  and understood it.

 

Are you sure?

 

i think so. just the theory  behind it, seperation of concerns of data(model), view(what user sees) and controller(logic)

[ignace]

I read the theory behind design patterns in general and  MVC in particular and understood it.

 

Everyone thinks of the MVC as a complicated pattern while it isn't. For example, on most websites you would create a request like http://www.domain.com/about-us.php But in an entire OO application you want to map that request to an object (Controller). The FrontController does the actual mapping and the Controller makes sure that the request returns in a response (View) and that the communication (client & server) has some means to be stored (Model).

 

It took some time before I really understood MVC.