“Frameworks
work like a blessings for software developers. It not only decreases
the effort of a developer but also improves his productivity and
programming skill. A framework is like an abstraction in which the
software developer can put his code to make it a fully fledged
application in less time and with more accuracy in a systematic manner.
It is like a platform containing code libraries, tool sets, and many
inbuilt modules that can help the developer in creating enterprise
standard software applications. Zend framework is a PHP framework which
is absolutely dedicated for the development of PHP web applications on
the fly. It can create high performance and powerful web applications in
less time and effort. But as we know nothing is perfect in the world
and so the case for Zend framework. Though, Zend framework has a lot of
useful features but also it has some cons”.
Pros of Zend framework:
Highly customizable:
Customisation is the ability of a framework to help the web developer
in creating a web application with numerous features and options. In
other words we can say this is the flexibility tendency of a framework.
The more flexible a framework is, the better it is from the developer’s
point of view. Zend framework has a victorious record for customisation
offerings in the industry. With Zend framework you can tailor your
website in any manner you like with different customising tools
available with the framework. It provides consoles, local storage, and
user configuration options for the web application to make it more
flexible and attractive enough. Again it is a fully object oriented
framework and follows inheritance and reusability concepts of OOP for
well-organized and personalized web development. It enables the PHP
developer to control over each and every feature of the framework and
hence creating a beautiful website from within the platform. The best
part is that you can customise your Zend application at your finger tips
in no time and hassle.
For all your big data application, there is Zend:
Zend framework has everything in the form of an object. As a result, a
Zend developer can take the advantage of code reusability and
inheritance for his application. This is highly recommended for
enterprise standard large scale web applications. Zend framework can
handle any type of and any number of dependencies in an application
without slowing down the performance. The framework has an awesome
architecture built on MVC pattern that will definitely mesmerize you
while dealing with complex component of the web application. Hence there
is a potential demand for Zend developers in the industry especially
for big data applications.
HTML5 Compliant:
Zend framework is developed with HTML5 and hence a web designer can
take the advantage of Zend framework for quick web page development that
is not only light weight but also elegant in nature. It has HTML5 form
features available from within the framework. It supports input types
like E-mail, URL, Phone number, date pickers and search etc. You needn’t
to bother about the client side field validation since it is taken care
by Zend. Zend also provides new types like datalist, keygen and output
etc.
Larger community support:
Zend is not a new framework for PHP developers; in fact it is an old
framework having a stunning track record. Due to its unmatched quality
and usability it is vastly accepted in the industry and there are many
popular websites being developed in Zend. There are thousands of Zend
certified PHP developers available in the industry and they are serving
the industry through their experience and expertise in the field. On the
contrary this will help other developers in getting support from Zend
community for any type of issues that arise during the development
process.
Efficiency and speed is simply awesome:
Zend follows the object oriented approach of C++ and hence this is
highly powerful and fast. A PHP website that is developed in Zend
platform is usually runs faster than that of any other framework. Hence
all big data web applications prefer to use PHP Zend framework. Zend has
almost unlimited number of customisation options for the developer and
this will definitely help the developer in creating highly optimised and
efficient web solutions.
Cons of Zend framework:
Getting started is not as easy as with any other PHP framework: Unlike
any other PHP framework, Zend is truly heavy and huge. It has a large
volume of libraries, components and classes available inside the core.
Though it helps in crafting any type of web application without the need
of any external resources, but again you should know all the features
of the framework to use them efficiently. It will take few months to be
familiar with these inbuilt functions so that, you can take the best
advantage of the framework. Once you learn these features and understood
the core architecture of the framework, you can start coding on Zend
for an awesome application.
Lack of enough resource for the beginners:
It is really true that there are minimum resources available on web for
Zend developers. This is probably due to availability of all features
and components within the framework itself. But for beginners it is a
disadvantage because he needs some resources and tutorials on the
framework to sharpen his programming skill.
Expensive plug-ins:
Though Zend is highly powerful and efficient but again it comes with
some shortcomings. There are many plug-in available in the market to
help the developer in adding better and refreshing features to the
application but at the cost of good bucks. It is believed that the
plug-ins available for Zend platform are usually costs more than that of
any other platform.
Huge documentation can be confusing sometimes:
Zend has a beautiful documentation consisting of every tiny detail of
the framework. Since there are a large number of features available in
the framework hence we can expect a bigger volume of documentation to
describe all those features and components. Many times, it becomes tough
for the PHP developer to check each and every page of the documentation
to understand the true power of the framework. In fact, it creates
confusion in the developer’s mind when he is projected to work in the
Zend platform without any prior expertise or experience.
Every
framework is having some advantages along with few disadvantages and so
the case for Zend as well. But considering the advantages of Zend, the
disadvantages are simply negligible. So you can go ahead with Zend for
your next web application project.
Mindfire Solutions is one of the oldest PHP development companies
in India with 15 years of track record. We have delivered over 1000
custom applications to our esteemed clients. Our PHP team consists of
certified Zend Programmers
who can take up complex web projects. If you have any web application
idea in mind or you want to give new life to an existing application,
please feel free to get in touch with our PHP and Zend team; we will
revert back within one business day. As a limited time offer, you can
also avail our Risk-Free trial offer.
