[fw-mvc] Re: [fw-general] Zend Framework 1.8.0 BETA 1 Release

Hello,

I got some questions related to Zend_Application Zend_Tool, i know the code had some changes, i didn't tested anything new into latest 2-3 weeks, waiting for a version more closer to final:

1. How are resources (models, forms, aso) auto-loaded from various modules ? With or without module bootstrap.

2. There is still that annoying "default module" bootstrap (special, different than for the other modules) ? Was about to be "removed" as far as i know...

3. There is a Layout resource implemented/planned ?

4. There is a (pre-made) way to setup through Zend_Tool a modular project according to http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFPROP/Zend+Framework+Default+Project+Structure+-+Wil+Sinclair ?

There are some conventions i saw used by Zend_Tool, which there are no into ZF Default Project Structure as: " configuration file, newproject/application/configs/application.ini"

This are gonna be standard into ZF Default Project Structure also ?

5. Related to " newproject/public/index.php"

// Define application environment defined('APPLICATION_ENV')     || define('APPLICATION_ENV',               (getenv('APPLICATION_ENV') ? getenv('APPLICATION_ENV')                                          : 'production'));  I am not quite sure, but i think most of us are using rather something linked to getenv(), maybe i am wrong... What's the way to have setup the default for APPLICATION_ENV ?      if( getenv('APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT') !== false)     	define('APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT', getenv('APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT'));     else     	define('APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT', 'production'); 

--  Best regards, Cristian Bichis www.zftutorials.com | www.zfforums.com | www.zftalk.com | www.zflinks.com

Zend Framework 1.8 Beta 1 is available at:       http://framework.zend.com/download/latest  This release is feature complete, but may contain a few issues yet; the Zend Framework team strongly recommends against using it in production.   For those that missed the 1.8.0 preview release, there are a large number of new features and improvements, including (but not limited to) the following:    * Zend_Tool, contributed by Ralph Schindler      * Zend_Application, contributed by Ben Scholzen and      Matthew Weier O'Phinney      * Zend_Loader_Autoloader and Zend_Loader_Autoloader_Resource,     contributed by Matthew Weier O'Phinney      * Zend_Navigation, contributed by Robin Skoglund      * Zend_CodeGenerator, by Ralph Schindler      * Zend_Reflection, Ralph Schindler and Matthew Weier O'Phinney      * Zend Server backend for Zend_Cache, contributed by Alexander Veremyev      * Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2, contributed by Jon Whitcraft      * Zend_Service_Amazon_S3, Justin Plock and Stas Malyshev      * Zend_Filter_Encrypt, contributed by Thomas Weidner      * Zend_Filter_Decrypt, contributed by Thomas Weidner      * Support for file upload progress support in Zend_File_Transfer,     contributed by Thomas Weidner      * Translation-aware routes, contributed by Ben Scholzen      * Zend_Json expression support, contributed by Benjamin Eberlei and     Oscar Reales      * Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Curl, contributed by Benjamin Eberlei      * SOAP input and output header support, contributed by Alexander     Veremyev      * Support for keyword field search using query strings,     contributed by Alexander Veremyev      * Support for searching across multiple indexes in Zend_Search_Lucene,     contributed by Alexander Veremyev      * Support for page scaling, shifting and skewing in Zend_Pdf,     contributed by Alexander Veremyev      * Locale support in Zend_Validate_Int and Zend_Validate_Float,     contributed by Thomas Weidner      * Phonecode support in Zend_Locale, contributed by Thomas Weidner      * Zend_Validate_Iban, contributed by Thomas Weidner      * Zend_Validate_File_WordCount, contributed by Thomas Weidner      * Zend_Validate_LocalizedToNormalized and NormalizedToLocalized,     contributed by Thomas Weidner      * Zend_Validate_Db_RecordExists and NoRecordExists, contributed      by Ryan Mauger      * Zend_Tag_Cloud, contributed by Ben Scholzen   This obviously marks a very important step towards a high-quality, well tested 1.8 production release. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this release in any way: patches, documentation, translations, and bug reports are all important.   Please download and test this release thoroughly over the next few days so that we can fix any urgent issues or documentation problems before the final release next week. Please remember to provide feedback on our issue tracker <http://framework.zend.com/issues> and ask any questions on the appropriate mailing list.     Again, the Zend Framework community does NOT recommend this release for  production use. We do, however, recommend evaluating new features in  this release with existing and new applications.    Enjoy the 1.8 beta release!