HGeneAnthony Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I was wondering does anyone here use Zend Framework with the MVC features? I think their components are tremendous, but every time I try to get into the MVC part of it I get annoyed because I feel it's way more complicated to do basic stuff than it should be. I also feel parts of the system seem to be less modular than I like, which is weird considering it's a very modular framework. My lack of understanding the framework complete might be responsible for my perceptions though. As far as frameworks go, I personally like Yii the best, followed by CodeIgniter. However, I've wanted to move towards Zend for awhile considering I already piecemeal their components and it seems like the best language for professional development. I was wondering what others think of Zend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) I personally never used the ZF1 MVC in a professional setting for the same reasons you mentioned, specifically the "module" setup felt weird and I couldn't get it to work properly. Many of these issues have been resolved in ZF2, though I haven't tried the Zf2 Mvc component either. That said with the release of ZF2 I suggest you invest time in that instead of ZF1. Edited October 14, 2012 by ignace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGeneAnthony Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 I tried ZF2 (a bit) and there were things about it which annoyed me for a different reason. Primarily I haven't found a way to generate code with it like in ZF1. The tutorial had me download a skeleton app from a website and there was a lot of copy and paste in the tutorial. I believe the layout was also saved outside the module which annoyed me. It also seemed more verbose than I like. I think as long as you follow standards you shouldn't have to do a lot of configurations. I really want to like it but it makes it hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Simply use both. ZF2 for MVC and all, and any missing features you fill in from ZF1. It's perfectly possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniesh82 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I like ZF 1 for MVC. I worked in Codeigniter and ZF. ZF is good in my view if you are developing a medium to big project. And for small project, you can use Codeigniter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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