Server-side Applications - examples wanted

[timin at homeSPAMNOT.com]

Zope sounds good, but it also sounds like I might not be able to understand it.
I can program in Python, but I have no experience with web servers or
server-side apps, and I don't even know how to begin learning about them!  I
would like to read a book that would explain the subject, but I have not been
able to find one.  That's why I'm looking for examples.

Do you know of an example using Zope that I could download and try out?

Thanks,

m

Jason Cunliffe wrote:

> Zope is easy to install and runs right out of the box..
>
> But DTML, Zope's server side scripting <tag> 'language' is a mess, hard to
> follow and still appallingly documented, though well supported by the Zope
> mailing list. However, Zope's 'Python External methods' are very nice and
> allow alot of functionality in a familiar consistent enviroinment.
>
> The ZODB [Zope Object Data Bsse] rocks and is a great framework for many
> nice things. inother words use DTML for the minimum and Python External
> Methods for the rest. Zope purists may offer 10,000 reason why not, but to
> newbie me obvious advantages of Python External methods are:
>
> PRO
> 1. its python - all the knwn advantages , modules etc.
> 2. you can keep you python code invisible - just map Zope function names to
> your own Python functions.
> 3. Zope maintains only links to the .py file, so you can made fast revisions
> to a single python file and without having to touch Zope again. just update
> the python sourcve file and keep running!
> 4. Zope and Python External Methods port very nicely to Win32 - Zope runs
> great on Windows and Python code goes along with it. easy.
>
> CON
> 1. You still need to undersatnd the basic design philosophy of Zope [ which
> is very cool and powerful]
> 2. You still need to know a tiny bit of DTML [ but mostly the Zope
> interface]
>
> - Jason
>
> Alex <cut_me_out at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:etdlmxjuczv.fsf at w20-575-64.mit.edu...
> >
> > Zope is far from skeletal, but it does provide a framework in which
> > developing server-side applications in python is pretty easy.
> >
> > Alex.
> >
> > --
> > To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid; you must also be
> > well-mannered. -- Voltaire
> >