March User Group:: PHP Frameworks part deux

How many of us have searched Source Forge for a project that appears to fit our needs only to find there's no community or documentation behind it; or the code is really poorly written; or the project is about to fork...Sometimes selecting an open source project is like renting B-grade movies at the video store; it's not so much the cost that concerns you, but rather the time wasted if you select a dog.

Please join BostonPHP   when Seth Aaronson continues our panel discussion on how to select a robust PHP framework culminating in a "PHP framework bake-off" (more).

Showcased frameworks:

• Matthew Weier O'Phinney - Zend Framework developer, and
• Chuck Hagenbuch - founder of HORDE

Each framework will develop a CRUD (create, read, update, delete) catalog application (e.g. products and categories) that generates multiple formats (xhtml + some xml, etc).

Chuck Hagenbuch founded the Horde Project in 1998 and has been working with PHP and the world of web development ever since. He is currently a consultant doing work focused around Horde and PHP web development. He has provided professional PHP services to many prominent PHP-using organizations, including Google, PayPal, and Portugal Telecom.

The Horde Application Framework is a mature, evolving application framework that has been used to build complex applications for years. It forms the core of the widely used IMP webmail application and the Horde Groupware suite. In addition, it provides a large number of tested, feature-rich components that can be used to build additional Horde applications, to integrate Horde functionality into other applications, or to build completely standalone sites. 

Matthew Weier O'Phinney was introduced to PHP in 2000 and has been developing PHP professionally since 2001. He is currently a PHPdeveloper with Zend Technologies, Inc., where he works in their OnlineOperations and Zend Framework teams.

The Zend Framework aims to provide a complete repository of high quality, actively supported components for developing web applications powered byPHP 5.