On 11/27/07, Rene B <rb2.net@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm afraid to learn Zope 2 because I have no idea what direction it's going in.
Oh come on. Anyone 'afraid' to learn something has lost already. Either you don't want to learn it, or you do want. If you like it, use it. Making simple Web applications in Zope 2 actually is so easy, one can't even speak of a real effort, so don't make it one an just start using it. You'll become more proficient quickly, and if you still like it, stick with it and try more complex things.
There aren't any new products out for Zope 2 and the ones that are there haven't been touched for years.
well, they work. At least the ones I use (PluggableUserFolder, GroupUserFolder, ExtFile, CMF). And CMF _is_ evolving, ExtFile seems maintained and a whole lot of other Products are, too - just not on zope.org, so it's a bit tricky to find them. If you use Zope, and find something you'll need as Product, perhaps you'll write you own. It's not very hard, just read the code of some other Products.
Zope 2 wiki seems dead. I was looking the other day for some type of auto CRUD for Zope 2. couldn't find anyting.
There are many who don't need any auto CRUD just because they don't need any database besides ZODB. And in ZODB CRUD==python. And you have ZSQL Methods to bake your own.
No one seems to be adding anything new to Zope 2 which scares me the most.
I would call this maturity, and I'm happy about it. Or do you mean a lack of shiny drop-in web 2.0 products you only have to click together to become excited? Well...
If I take the time to learn a tool I want to make sure it's going to be around for awhile and have good support and new addons being added all of the time to help me.
Zope 2 has been around a long time already, and I *think* it'll be much longer. Much software which is being added on constantly is crap, because someone has to maintain the *existing* add-ons and someone has to write the new add-ons. This is the old question whether a software is "finished" some day or not (feature creep). --knitti