On php|architect's site, in wake of the Zend Framework preview release previously, they've posted a step-by-step tutorial on how to get it installed, work it it, and ultimately create a simple news application.

The Zend Framework has been unveiled! Although it is still in the early stages of development, this tutorial highlights some of the best of what's available now and guides you through the process of building a simple application.

Zend has chosen to release the framework and involve the community early. In the same spirit, this tutorial is written to showcase the framework as it exists today. Because this tutorial is published online, I'll update it as the framework evolves, so that it remains relevant as long as possible.

This isn't a tutorial for those that aren't into object oriented programming with PHP yet, as it relies heavily on knowledge or classes and how they work together. In the tutorial, they take you through everything - the install, the structure, and some more detail on what the packages are (Zend_Controller, Zend_View, and Zend_InputFilter). Once all of that knowledge is in place, they start the work on the news application, creating a script that uses a more MVC approach to interface with a SQLite database and allow users to enter news items and for an admin to approve them.