title: What is the purpose of bootstrap in zend?
body: <p>I am wondering what is the real purpose of bootstrap in Zend Framework. </p>
  
  <p>What are the methods that go into the Bootstrap class? </p>
  
  <p>Any tutorial links could be helpful... please forgive me if the question is so vague. I am trying to learn Zend but the tutorials and books are skipping steps and they are not so clear in the framework website. All I can learn from the quick start is that it helps to start the session. </p>
  
  <p>Am I right in thinking that the bootstrap runs first before any controller loads? Can I write any methods in bootstrap which I need to load from the beginning? How do I access those bootstrap methods in controller?</p>