Re: DB - Final Question
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From: <tone.skoda at SIOL.NET>
To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 12:48 AM
Subject: Re: DB - Final Question
> I never understood what Zope was for.
> It seems like a lot of complicated stuff for no reason.
> I had to do that Zope DTML parser in Visual Basic.
Yes, I agree that it is difficult to explain what Zope is and what it is
good for.
My simple explaination is that it is good for any web development
where you want database access, and particulaly good when you
need multiple level admisitrators (ie. different people looking after
different areas of your web site).
It does take a little while to understand how it all fits together and
works.
Firstly everything (I mean everything) is done using a web browser.
Secondly, it is a "framework" meaning most of the "simple" or "standard"
functions have already been created and you only have to leatn to use them.
But learn using Zope's methods. ie. Data persistance is handled
automatically
and you'll never need to worry about it.
A quote www.zope.org:
"Zope is a framework for building web applications. A web application is a
computer program that users access with a web browser over the Internet. You
can also think of a web application as a dynamic web site that provides not
only static information to users but lets them use dynamic tools to work
with an application."
If you are intersted in web development, particularly dynamic content or
data
driven sites you really need to give Zope a good look.
Ray Smith
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