Zend Framework 2.0.0 beta1 Released

The first beta version of Zend Framework 2.0.0 has been released. Installation distributions and instructions are available at http://packages.zendframework.com .
As written on the official website of Zend, this is the first beta of a series of planned beta releases. In the future, the developers plan to stick to releases in the "gmail" style. Namely, new features and features will be added in each new beta version, which will be released at least every six weeks.

New in 2.0.0beta1:

• Redesigned and new autolibes:
  Zend \ Loader \ StandardAutoloader
  Zend \ Loader \ ClassMapAutoloader
  Zend \ Loader \ AutoloaderFactory
• Redesigned plugin broker: Zend \ Loader \ Broker and Zend \ Loader \ PluginBroker
• Exception-c system reworked. The new system allows you to:
  intercept special types of exceptions
  intercept component Exceptions
  catch SPL Exceptions
  intercept base-type exceptions
• Sessions mechanism rewritten
• The View component has been reworked.
• Helpers were reworked to use the __invoke () magic method where possible
• HTTP component reworked
• Added new Zend \ Cloud \ Infrastructure component
• Added new component EventManager
• Added new component Dependency Injection (Zend \ Di)
• Added new Code component: includes revised versions of the Reflection component and CodeGenerator, as well as a new Scanner component.

As they say on the Zend website, the above components largely provide the basis for the Zend Framework 2, and the so-called framework core. But the feature of beta1 is that a new MVC layer is built on their basis:

• Zend \ Module for the development of a modular application architecture.
• Zend \ MVC, redesigned and made based on the HTTP component, EventManager, and Di.

Also, the developers write that they made the test framework of the application and the test framework of the module , to help all those interested in ZF2.

UPD. Tutorial: Getting started with Zend Framework 2 (beta1) by Rob Allen .