Zend Framework 1.8 Web Application Development written by Keith Pope is a new book from Packt that is aimed at helping PHP web developers who want to get started with Zend Framework.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 21, 2009 – Zend Framework 1.8 Web Application Development is a new book from Packt that is aimed at helping PHP web developers who want to get started with Zend Framework. Written by Keith Pope this book covers common mistakes and best practices that will be helpful for developers.

Zend has a flexible architecture that lets you build modern web applications and web services easily. One can create powerful web applications by leveraging the power of this Model-View-Controller-based framework.

This book will teach its readers how to create a real-life storefront application and explore the features of Zend Framework’s MVC architecture. They will also learn more about designing and implementing an MVC application. Users will learn to avoid common mistakes when first learning an MVC framework.

With this book, developers will understand about how to secure applications using Zend_Acl and Zend_Auth and relate with a database with Zend_Db and Zend_Db_Table. Users will be able to optimize their applications using caching and other performance tips as well as insert administrative functionality to their applications.

With lots of examples and easy step-by-step directions this book is ideal for PHP web developers. The book is out now and available from Packt. For more information, please visit:http://www.packtpub.com/zend-framework-1-8-web-applicati …