I am new to MVC and Zend and I wanted to post a great resource I found. They have projects you can download, copy to your localhost, and they are ready to go – given you copy the Zend framework to the library directory.
http://akrabat.com/category/tutorial/
I’ve been doing this for 3 days and I already have local test scripts for the basic website needs. Here it is linked for any beginners:
Authentication
Tutorial: http://akrabat.com/zend-auth-tutorial/
Source Files: http://akrabat.com/wp-content/uploads/zend_auth-tutorial-106-with-zf.zip
Database
Tutorial: http://akrabat.com/zend-framework-tutorial/
Source Files: http://akrabat.com/wp-content/uploads/zf_tutorial-150-with-zf.zip
Forms
Tutorial: http://akrabat.com/2008/02/21/simple-zend_form-example/
Source Files: http://akrabat.com/wp-content/uploads/Zend_Form_Example.zip
File Upload
Tutorial: http://akrabat.com/2008/04/07/simple-zend_form-file-upload-example/
Source Files: http://akrabat.com/wp-content/uploads/Zend_Form_FileUpload_Example.zip
Layout
Tutorial: http://akrabat.com/2007/12/11/simple-zend_layout-example/
Source Files: http://akrabat.com/wp-content/uploads/Zend_Layout_Example.zip
I hope this helps someone trim through the fat and get started with working Zend projects within a few hours. Now I just need to learn how to customize it!