newbie: Zope
Geoff Talvola
gtalvola at nameconnector.com
Fri Sep 1 09:23:19 EDT 2000
Nick Trout wrote:
> > template barebones_header(title=None,
> > keywords=None,
> > description=None,
> > meta_info=None,
> > tree_info=None):
> > """
> > <html>
> > <head>
> > <title>%s</title>
> > """ % html_quote(str(title))
> > if description:
> > '<meta name="description" content="%s">' % html_quote(description)
> > if keywords:
> > '<meta name="keywords" content=" html_quote(keywords) ">'
> > if meta_info:
> > meta_info
> >
> > If you think this syntax looks like Python, don't worry, you're not
> > crazy. This code forms part of Quixote.
>
> Please tell me more!! Where would I get this?
>
> The problem I'm having is gluing it all together using Python.
>
> I'm in half a mind just to use Medusa and scrap Zope altogether. I can get
> persistence by pickling and Medusa has producers so I can do all the object
> stuff myself.
>
> N
I too tried out Zope and found myself overwhelmed by all of the new concepts I'd
have to learn. I don't want to have to learn and use DTML. I don't want to
store everything in an object database -- I want to use a regular source control
system. I don't want to have to figure out ZClasses, Products, Versions, etc.
I don't need through-the-web administration. I just want a nice way to write a
web application as a Python application. Zope is a _very_ ambitious system, and
I'm sure that Zope experts can do some pretty amazing stuff with it, but I found
it to be obscure and overkill for what I'm doing.
I'm now using WebWare for Python, and it's working great for what I need. Check
it out at http://webware.sourceforge.net and if it looks interesting, download
it, try it out, and join the mailing list.
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- Geoff Talvola
Parlance Corporation
gtalvola at NameConnector.com
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