Follow the latest developments in business technology news and get a digest of the key stories each day in the InfoWorld Daily newsletter.Next → ← prev PHP IDE and Code Editor Software This article, " Zend looks to optimize PHP for mobile devices and the cloud," was originally published at. "It was really not designed with the Web in mind." "Enterprise Java is really not gaining a lot of new workloads when it comes to the Web," GUtmans said. Java, meanwhile, is too complicated, Gutmans argued. PHP, Gutmans said, continues to gain momentum in Web application deployments. Zend with Zend Studio 8.0 is reducing the price of the product from $399 to $299. Also featured is better AJAX support, with capabilities for code assist, debugging, Web request profiling and support for AJAX toolkits, such as jQuery and Dojo. Developers get emulation of their production environment. This makes it easier to deploy PHP applications to Linux, Gutmans said. New to version 8 is integration with VMware Workstation software for desktop virtualization for Windows and Linux. Zend Studio is based around the Eclipse PHP Development Tools project, providing proprietary value-added capabilities, such as refactoring, profiling, and remote file system capabilities. "It's the leading PHP IDE in the industry," Gutmans said. Also at the conference, Zend will announce general availability of Zend Studio 8.0. Zend is making its announcements at the ZendCon 2010 conference in Santa Clara, Calif. Cloud capabilities will be featured in Zend Framework, the Zend Server application server, and Zend Studio. The company in the next year plans to map out cloud capabilities for full application lifecycle integration, staging and production, scalable deployment, and deeper integration with cloud management and infrastructure providers. "We want to deliver a scalable, manageable, and highly available system architecture, out of the box," said Gutmans. Zend also will announce its cloud computing strategy, which adds to existing cloud capabilities. Other vendors supporting it have included Microsoft, IBM, and RackSpace. Simple Cloud API initially works with PHP although it can be extended to other languages. Zend will be the first to support Simple Cloud API, Gutmans said. "What we're doing is we're actually creating like a JDBC for the cloud," said Gutmans, recalling the Java-based database access API. Version 1.11 also will support Simple Cloud API, which is intended to enable portability of applications across different cloud platforms. Among the application types that will benefit from mobile access include field service, e-commerce, and content-based applications, Gutmans said. For the Apple iPhone, which is geared to native applications, access will be granted via Web services. We will map that to capabilities that the device has," such as determinations on screen size, Gutmans said.Īvailable Tuesday, Zend Framework 1.11 will support a variety of mobile devices and platforms via Web access, including Google Android, RIM BlackBerry, and most likely Windows Phone 7 when it comes out, said Gutmans. "We're going to allow you from the server side to detect what mobile device is accessing your website. Customers are making mobile access their top priority, he said. "I think mobile is more important than cloud," Zend CEO Andi Gutmans said. With Zend Framework 1.11, Zend will help developers optimize Web applications for mobile devices.
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