The document introduces the Zend Framework. It discusses that the framework is a collection of PHP classes based on PHP 5 best practices. It aims to simplify common tasks, provide a starting point for applications, and demonstrate PHP 5 best practices. The framework strives to make PHP competitive with other technologies and provide clear licensing for commercial use. It uses a BSD style license. The document discusses various features of the framework like MVC support, input filtering, mail sending, searching and more. It aims to achieve "extreme simplicity" in its design.

1. Introducing: Zend Framework John Coggeshall

11. Zend Framework from 10,000 feet

22. Input Filtering

26. Sending HTML mail is now really easy

30. Adding documents to the index

32. Questions?