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The first Hangout from the Roave team is done and the guys have given some great insight into the thoughts behind Zend Framework 3 (ZF3). In case you missed the talk – or if you just want to get a quick overview about what has been talked about – you’re at the right place. I am going to wrap up the whole talk and try to sum it up in a few lines what the keynotes have been.
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Hey guys! Everyone knows how important it is to understand the concepts of a framework to truly use it at it’s best. With Zend Framework 2 (ZF2) a lot of people coming from Zend Framework 1 (ZF1) were shocked at first. So many new concepts, so many new buzzwords and more importantly what’s the need behind all those. ZF2 was a big step forward and by now a lot of people have gotten accustomed to the way ZF2 works and why it does so.

While ZF2 is a great Framework there are still a couple of things that are just not ideal. A little example would be that a lot of people use $this->getServiceLocator() inside their Controllers. While this is OK, it’s actually considered bad practice. The way things are looking right now, this feature will be removed in Zend Framework 3 (ZF3) to basically force people to use proper dependency injection using the ServiceManager.

And that’s what this post is all about actually. ZF3 is not close around the corner. It’s still many, many months ahead. But there are reasons why you should bother and get information about ZF3 as soon as possible. If you understand why changes are introduced – and most of them are explained, some will be explained at a later point i guess – then you can spot errors in todays code already! You can improve your current code by knowing what’s going to be “in” a couple of months away.

Zend Framework 3 on Google Moderator

One way to follow the development is to keep track of the discussions for Zend Framework 3 Ideas on Google Moderator. Not only will you be able to keep track and understand coming changes, you can actually do something against it! Does something sound just not right to you? Counter-Argument and downvote! ZF3 as much as ZF2 is a Community-Project and if the absolute majority of the community is against a change, chances are quite high that a change won’t happen.

ZF3 Tagged Issues on GitHub + Wiki

Probably the most technical information you can get is available right inside the ZF2-Repository over at GitHub. All Issues / PRs with the Tag ZF3 are about the very topic of introducing or debate about changes happening within the development of Zend Framework 3. This would be the ideal place for you to get involved with the actual ZF3-Development.

Aside from the issues on GitHub, there’s also a Wiki-Entry which lists a lot of the changes in a little more comprehensive format. More specifically, it lists up all the bc-breaks that are happening, so wisely read those! Thanks to Bakura for pointing that out.

Google Hangouts for Zend Framework 3

This actually is the core of this Blogpost. Just today i learned about a great Project that some of the great minds behind Zend Framework started. Marco <Ocramius> Pivetta, Evan <EvanDotPro> Coury and Ben <DaspriD> Scholzen will be holding a regular series of Live-Videos / Hangouts where the will be talking about the current status of development of ZF3. They will be highlighting some of the core changes and give reasons for why they are doing so. In addition to that you will be able to ask live-questions via chat at #zftalk.dev @freenode.net

I can only suggest to you guys to follow at least those hangouts. This will be roughly an hour worth of your time to understand Zend Framework 3 before it’s even out!

Follow the Hangouts here: Zend Framework 3 Status Hangouts. The first one will be held at November 6th at 15:00 UTC. Mark you calendars guys!

Everyone, I’m back! I wasn’t able to write a lot of post in those past three months due to personal reasons, but I’m back and I’ve brought some goodies. I have something nice planned for the coming months and I’m here to let you guys know. I have planned for teaching you guys a couple of basic stuff for ZF2-Projects, providing sources from a real application. Please read the full article if you’re interested in the detailled topics that will be posted within the next weeks.
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