It obviously wasn't enough for us to release Zend Server
today, we’ve
also made the Zend Framework 1.8 Preview Release
available at:
http://framework.zend.com/download/latest
While 1.8PR is not a feature complete release in the 1.8
series, it
nevertheless contains some very important features
scheduled for the 1.8
production release:
* Zend_Tool, contributed by Ralph Schindler
* Zend_Application, contributed by Ben Scholzen and
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
* 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
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: with patches/check ins, documentation/translations,
and bug reports.
But our work is not yet over! Let's put this release
through testing
hell, while continuing to make progress on other features
scheduled for
the production release of 1.8. Please remember to provide
feedback on
our issue
tracker 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 Preview Release, and see you around!
,Wil
