MVC Extended

Excellent articles on architectural aspects regarding PHP and Zend Framework:

• Writing Robust PHP Backends with Zend Framework


• Matthew Weier O'Phinney: Model Infrastructure

Together they suggest something like

Essential reading

There are books that are essential for the ambitious coder. This list is of course not complete, but a good start:

Martin Fowler: Refactoring

This books gives good advice on how to securely change your source code while not breaking the functionality.

Robert Martin: Clean Code

If you ever wondered what good code is about, you will find the answers here. And by reading and understanding this book, you will be able to avoid producing bad code in the future.

Robert Martin: Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices