November 2007 - Zope

Zope 3.4.0 beta 2 Released!
by Stephan Richter 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

November 5, 2007 - The Zope 3 development team announces the Zope 3.4.0b2 release. This release is the second beta release for Zope 3.4.0. It was preceded by an early beta 1 release back in July. Zope 3.4 introduces support for binary large objects in the ZODB, and provides a new postprocessing hook for publishing results. Many of the packages also provide small feature improvements that are too numerous to list at this point. Packages and Eggs ----------------- Since the first Zope 3.4 alpha and beta releases, we have finished the transition to a completely egg-based system. This largely means that most Zope 3 developers do not use the classic Zope 3 tar ball release anymore. However, for your convenience, the Zope 3 developers will provide the classic Zope 3 tar ball releases for at least the 3.4 series and probably for 3.5 as well. So how are Zope 3 applications built using only eggs? The Known Good Set (KGS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The known good set -- or in short KGS -- is a package index that derives from the official Python Package Index (PyPI) and thus contains all available packages in the Python world. But for a controlled set of packages, only certain versions that are known to work together are available. The list of controlled packages and their versions for Zope 3.4 can be found at the index page [1]_. The index can be used in several ways -- described here for `buildout`-based projects. The easiest method is to specify the index option in your ``buildout.cfg`` file:: [buildout] index = http://download.zope.org/zope3.4 ... You can also "nail" the versions by downloading the versions [2]_ and insert them as follows: [buildout] versions = versions ... [versions] zope.interface 3.4.0 ... ``zopeproject`` Project Builder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Philipp von Weitershausen has developed a package called `zopeproject` to quickly setup the boilerplate for any Zope 3 based project. Ample documentation is provided at the `zopeproject` home page [3]_. `zopeproject` uses Paste or ZDaemon to create a working server. Here are the necessary commands to get a project started:: $ easy_install zopeproject $ zopeproject HelloWorld $ cd HelloWorld $ bin/helloworld-ctl foreground Demo Packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At this point, there is no demo package demonstrating a simple Zope 3 application setup. (I hope one gets developed before Zope 3.4.0 final.) However, the ``z3c.formdemo`` package can be used as a fairly minimal setup. To get started with it, do the following:: $ svn co svn://svn.zope.org/repos/main/z3c.formdemo/tags/1.5.1 formdemo $ cd formdemo $ python bootstrap.py $ ./bin/buildout -v $ ./bin/demo fg .. [1] http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/controlled-packages.cfg .. [2] http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/versions.cfg .. [3] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zopeproject What is Zope 3? --------------- Zope 3 is a web application server that continues to build on the heritage of Zope. It was rewritten from scratch based on the latest software design patterns and the experiences of Zope 2. The component architecture is the very core of Zope 3 that allows developers to create flexible and powerful web applications. Compatibility with Zope 2 -------------------------- Zope 3 is not upwards compatible with Zope 2. This means you cannot run Zope 2 applications in Zope 3. We continue to work on the transition from Zope 2 to Zope 3 by making Zope 2 use more and more of the Zope 3 infrastructure. This means that new code written in Zope 2 can benefit from Zope 3 technology. Also, with care, code can be written that works in both Zope 3 and Zope 2. This allows a Zope 2 application to slowly evolve towards Zope 3. Unchanged Zope 2 applications are never expected to work in Zope 3, however. Downloads --------- - Zope 3.4 Egg Index: http://download.zope.org/zope3.4 - Zope 3.4 Controlled Packages: http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/controlled-packages.cfg - Zope 3.4 Latest Versions: http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/versions.cfg - The classic Zope 3 source release can be downloaded from: http://zope.org/Products/Zope3 Installation instructions for both Windows and Un*x/Linux are now available in the top level `README.txt` file of the distribution. The binary installer is recommended for Windows. Zope 3.4 requires Python 2.4.4 to run. You must also have zlib installed on your system. Resources --------- - Zope 3 Development Web Site: http://wiki.zope.org/zope3 - Zope 3 Developers Mailing List: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev Retired: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope3-dev - Zope 3 Users Mailing List: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope3-users - Bug tracker at launchpad: https://launchpad.net/zope3 - IRC Channel: #zope3-dev at irc.freenode.net Acknowledgments --------------- Much thanks to everyone who contributed to this release. Since all contributions are now spread over a multitude of packages, listing all contributors is not feasible anymore.

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Defining a dictionary in ZPT?
by michael nt milne 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hi I've got this piece of code which is returning a keyerror on 'results' as I haven't set up a dictionary for the variables. I'm not sure what the syntax is for this within the ZPT. I've read about the 'options' dictionary. Can I use that? Thanks <ul> <span tal:define="query here/testquery"> <li tal content="results python: query(id='IT')"> <span tal:replace="results/firstname">First Name</span>  </li> </span> </ul> -- michael

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Monkey patch tutorial
by Garito 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hi! I would like to know if there are some monkey patch tutorial or how-to anyone knows where? Thanks! -- Mis Cosas http://blogs.sistes.net/Garito

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Calendar Tag Product question
by Thomas Bennett 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Zope Version (Zope 2.9.7-final, python 2.4.3, linux2) Python Version 2.4.3 (#1, Mar 14 2007, 18:51:08) [GCC 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)] System Platform linux2 We are using Corporate Calendar which requires the Calendar product for CalendarTag.py. I have written a replacement for us for Corporate Calendar, not as a product yet, to load faster and allow more features, there are 13 calendars all using the exact same dtml and a view for today's events from all calendars. Both of these use the Calendar product to draw the calendar. I put the ones I had written out for users to start testing yesterday and one minor problem was fixed and a feature added, otherwise the calendars were fine. Today, November 1, on both calendars not all events are appearing in the calendar from the default view. If you click back to October and then back to November all of the events appear, this also sets the date-calendar parameter in the URL to November 9. I have found that if the date-calendar parameter is 1,2,3, or 4 not all the events will display in the Corporate Calendar or the calendar I wrote so I suspect the Calendar Product itself. Has anyone experienced this that might be able to point me to a fix? you can see these at the url below for a list to click from. http://www.library.appstate.edu/calendar/calendars for a comparison the corporate calendar for room 114 is at http://www.library.appstate.edu/calendar/114/114 Thanks for any help, Thomas -- ==================================================================== Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University Operations & Systems Analyst P O Box 32026 University Library Boone, North Carolina 28608 (828) 262 6587 They say a picture is worth a thousand words. As videos could be 25 pictures per second and might last several minutes, how many words is that? - Linux Journal, July 2007 Library Systems Help Desk: http://www.library.appstate.edu/help/ ====================================================================

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