Hello guys, I will appreciate if somebody can point me to websites, books, articles, webinars, authors etc. used as source of ideas and inspiration for ZF2? Who made the decisions for the used Design Patterns and Software Architecture? Are there documents (in the Wiki maybe) describing the process.
I already know some ideas are coming from Java and .NET worlds. Another source is Martin Fowler http://martinfowler.com/. I know about IoC, DI from Martin Fowler. Another very nice PHP framework Symphony also is a source of ideas. Aspect Oriented Programming, "Gang of four" ... But there are many more, I guess. I want to know the motivation and reason of using this particular Software Architecture, but not another one. Do we try to follow some Java framework like "Spring" for example? What is the closest framework on Java, C#, Java Script etc. to ZF2? Why "Transaction Script" design pattern was used, but not "Domain Model" or "Table Module" for ZF? Why are we using Service Manager (DI, IoC) and Event Manager instead of Singleton and Registry? How they are better? I am looking for the answers of much more fundamental questions. I respect the decisions made by Matthew, Ralph, Enrico and whoever else, but I want to know why this path was taken instead of another one and what are the other options? For example why the Module Manger was build this way? What are the other options? Where the design comes from? Is there similar designs on other languages Java, C#, C++, etc.? I strongly believe the answers of these questions are the keys for better understanding, learning and contributing. These are language agnostic questions. I am convinced the language doesn't really matter if you have the right Software Architecture, Design Patterns, Best Practices, Naming and Coding standards. If for example I know another framework on Java or C# similar to ZF2 (uses the same Software Architecture) would be very easy to learn, understand and work with ZF2. Best Regards Stoyan Cheresharov
