Hi all,
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Before I start: I've done my CLA etc but can't find the 'submit a new
proposal link' otherwise I'd have put this there. Can anybody help me
here?
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In the meantime can I solicit thoughts on adding a Zend Framework
Design Patterns section to the documentation?
The same (or similar) questions very frequently come up, particularly
on the MVC mailing list. A recent example might be how best to do
sidebars and wigetised content.
Here there are several options: the ActionStack, Zend_View
Placeholders, the Action View Helper and so on. There are different
costs and benefits to using each of these solutions in different
cases, and as well as an example, a design pattern could include a
"use when ... " hint.
My example for this would be the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library (link
below). I think it really adds something to the documentation—you
could reconstruct the pattern examples from the manual but it is a
nice extra.
Just quickly I would suggest the following as benefits:
- Shows multiple components working together.
- Allows the programmer's reference examples to remain simple (by
moving complex but common cases to a pattern).
- Smoother learning curve and better adoption/development of best
practices.
References:
Yahoo! Design Pattern Library -
http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/#
Somebody is probably going to tell me that this proposal already
exists, in which case I'm happy to join up, but if not, is it
something people think is a good idea? (If so—if I can work out how—
I'll write it up for the Wiki.)
Regards,
Carlton
