Recently an email was sent to the Zend Framework General List that mentioned the fact that there are now several projects on SourceForge based on the Zend Framework. There are actually 7,187 projects if you just search for Zend Framework but if you put search for Zend Framework in quotes, we get down to the 17 we really want. Here is a rundown of most of them.
Teknologiaplaneetta – Enterprise Solution is an ready made system to start to make your own web-based software just only a developing modules for under its framework. Framework uses Zend Framework and some JavaScript and AJAX.
Blt-3 is a Web framework build onto the Zend Framework and Dojo Toolkit. Mains (and firsts) modules are the security management and a workflow.
phpYabs (Yet Another Books Software) is an Object-Oriented application written for php5 and based on Zend Framework its goal is to provide a simple interface to manage either a personal book library or a book store.
Astrum Futura – Multiplayer space strategy game written in PHP5 with the Zend Framework. User interface uses Javascript/AJAX for dynamic interaction. Players compete across a hexagonal map of 10,000 sectors, planets, stars and other locations through trade and combat.
Luta framework – is a PHP 5 framework based on Zend Framework with Ruby on Rails like architecture.
Bidule is a implementation of Zend Framework
ZFWeb20 – is the open source web application build on Zend Framework v1.0 (http://framework.zend.com). It’s main purposes is to deliver common use tools like blog, cms, picture gallery to any user who will want to create his own Web 2.0 website.
Brother Jonathan is a cross-platform ERP/MRP package coded in PHP, allowing small manufacturers to manage custom jobs. Built on the Zend Framework in an easily extensible manner with modules for quotes, sales orders, purchase orders, and invoices, etc.
HappyCMS is an OpenSource CMS based on Zend Framework,which is a new OO PHP5 Framework.Developers can easily create Plug-Ins to extend the Programm and change the themes. HappyCMS will built more useful modules in the future.
Orca is a web based call center platform written in PHP 5 / Javascript using the Zend Framework, JQuery and Asterisk, utilizing these frameworks will allow for a more reliable platform and focus can be placed on innovation and not re-creation.
OpenBay PHP Auction Auction software built with the Zend Framework, PHP5 and MySQL. OpenBay is a modern XHTML/CSS compliant web application that is highly customizable and easy to install and use.
Octane Project – Quickly create and customize your own website with this intuitive content management and portal system. While designed to be stream-lined and powerful, Octane provides versatility, powered by the Zend Framework and backed by the Smarty Template Engine.
DevTeams is a web-based project management system designed primarily, but not exclusively, for developement teams that need to coordinate many projects with different clients. It is built on on top of emerging Zend Framework.
ZFCMS – CMS based on Zend Framework
Tipos is a PHP publishing tool and a base system to create web applications. It is built using the Zend Framework and has a powerful plugin system to which you can attach anything: a blog, podcast, news or links manager, a FAQ, a forum or all of these.
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FWIW: Octane, Luta, and Teknologiawhatevuh are making credible efforts and have some sort of presence in place.
(In short: this is very low quality blogging; a bit more effort would actually generate some value. I think this item deserves a full re-write.)
--bentrem
*tweeet!*
To add insult to injury, it appears the the comments are ignored, for it's almost the end of July and nobody even cared to clean up the broken links. Truly disappointing ...
Enough vapourware, what about some real projects where there's actually some code written! What makes it worse is that there are broken links and no evidence of much activity on these projects, it can hardly even be called a project if it's still at the discussion phase!
http://code.google.com/p/veneercms/
Zend Framework is an incredible base for any CMS. The only problem is that it has too many options. You could roll your own each time but I think it is better to work from a higher level base.
Veneer is supposed to be that base with an easy to use module integration system. If you don't like my approach, you can just take the code and roll your own better CMS.
Installation and configuration utilities are not that great yet. The blog is probably the most interesting so you can see where I am going with this.
Alvin
source: http://code.google.com/p/digitalus-site-manager/
example site: http://forrestlyman.com/
tutorials (just getting started: http://forrestlyman.com/Tutorials-and-Docs
sandbox site: http://code.google.com/p/digitalus-site-manager/wiki/Sandbox
Svetoslav
http://devcha.blogspot.com/
For a ZF newbie like me it would be nice if only valid projects is listed.
Thanks in advance.
See lots of projects are unfinished that way. Lot's of them inside sourceforge. But you can allways check the activity-list in there to find the most active.
What I do since years, is analysing them, taking projects over to use parts or ideas out of them. I finished and translated those kinds of projects and learned a lot about other codings and coders.
So the critism is not related to ZEND, you will find it all over the NET by unfinished sites and also projects. Zend framework itself will help to code complex applications with role--management, database-management and so on.
(I'm not from ZEND) This will raise your skill and speed.
Siggi Berlin
->How many CMS does the world need<-
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