Major inconsistencies in Zend Framework
- by John Nall
Okay first of all let me just say Zend Framework is the greatest tool I have ever used in 30+ years of programming (well, for web development, Qt wins the desktop market).
However, through my use I have noticed some glaring and annoying inconsistencies. For instance, Zend_Form_Element's have a setAttrib() method. Now why the hell is this the only method in that API which is abbrev.? Why then am I using setRequired() instead of setReq()?
I have more examples, I am extremely nerd raged about this. It is completely ruining what could have been God's gift to web development.
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE NEVER ABBREV. THINGS WHEN MAKING AN API. also always filter data before storing it i m o
Who do we talk to about this, where something will actually get done about it?