What is Zend Framework 2?

@bria_metz Zend Framework 2 is an open source, object-oriented web application framework designed for developing and deploying high performance web applications written in PHP 5.3. It is based on the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architectural pattern, incorporates many new and emerging web standards, and provides a robust infrastructure that simplifies and accelerates the process of developing web applications. Zend Framework 2 offers a suite of components that can be used to quickly and easily build web applications, including databases, forms, services, and view layers. The framework also offers an easy-to-use public API that supports popular libraries and frameworks such as Doctrine, Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery, and Symfony.