Before we begin I want to stress that this is not a newbie tutorial. If the current level is too much for you I recommend these tutorials:
For the Zend Framework
For Smarty... Read More

Update: Since writing this series I have chosen to not work with Zend DB anymore, I’m using PHP Doctrine instead, I have also thrown out Smarty in favor of H2O. Doctrine is a proper ORM which is far superior in functionality to Zend DB, and H2O feels like a much cleaner and more modern templating solution than Smarty. ... Read More

Provided that you have checked my earlier tutorial on how to make instatiable controllers you could now use that functionality to create a widget system with Smarty.... Read More

Update: This application uses the old wxRuby, for a more up to date example see the editor in wxRuby series. However, the RubyScript2Exe parts should still apply as is since that logic is separate from the GUI logic.... Read More

Update: Since writing this I’ve instead started using jQuery for my Ajax needs, you should too, or MooTools maybe. I’ve written a new piece demonstrating how jQuery can be used with ZF.... Read More