I've been digging into Zend Framework for about a month now. I'm starting to catch on but I have to agree with the initial comment. The API documentation, at least what is available, is atrocious. What is this Dojo stuff anyway? I would expect a proper, standardized API reference for something as extensive and powerful as the Zend Framework. For an experienced software engineer the reference manual is really introductory material. Once it is digested all that is really needed is a good API reference that clearly shows properties, methods, inheritance tree, with brief descriptions where necessary. Like Java, AS3, etc. I could have saved myself about two weeks of time had I had full access to the API. I don't get it, but I intend to persevere with ZF.