Zend Framework Update
I got some time to play around with the Zend Framework today and I am not exactly crazy about it yet. I think that once some of the bugs get worked out it is going to be great. That said, I have decided not to use it right now.
I tried ZendServiceFlickr out and it was really slow. I wrote my own code that essentially used the Flickr API in the same way and it was much faster than Zend’s. Also, just getting the Flickr stuff to work, I had to go into their code and fix a few bugs.
I’ve found the exact same issue. If I use ZendServiceFlickr, it takes 5-6 seconds to respond. If I roll my own code it’s around 1 second. I tried it about 9 months ago too and it was the same. I’m currently using ZF 1.8.