Step 5: Developing your Apps with Z-Ray

To use Z-Ray:

1. Open your application in a browser.
   Z-Ray is displayed at the bottom of the page.

   Note:

   If you followed the instructions in Step 2: Launching Zend Server, and are using the Development profile, Z-Ray is enabled by default. If however, you cannot see Z-Ray, you may need enable it. For more information, see Enabling/Disabling Z-Ray.

2. Select a panel to inspect the data tracked and displayed in Z-Ray.
3. For general instructions on how to use Z-Ray, see Using Z-Ray.
4. For detailed instruction on how to use each panel, see:
   • Profiling Database Queries
   • Profiling Functions
   • Viewing Errors and Warnings
   • Monitoring Events
   • Tracking Multiple Requests
   • Analyzing Variables
5. To debug/profile your app in an IDE, see Debugging/Profiling .

Check out the next step in the tutorial, to learn how to use Z-Ray to inspect non-browser based requests as well.