[Zope] Zope Cookbook????

Hi , I am considering using zope to build a sample applicaiton like a guestbook and shopping cart kind of application. I really looked for all documentation but couldnt find a cookbook which does a step by step introduction to ahceive this.Is there some resource like this? Besides I am a new to python.Is python scripting required to build something as simple as a guestbook? Or would you recommend me to use something like PHP/Perl. I installed zope and read some docs but all I find is objects,aquisition and details about ZMI. If someone could help or point to some resources or probably say that Zope is not needed for this I would be grateful. Thanks vivek