Jonathan wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "robert rottermann" <robert@redcor.ch> To: "Jonathan" <dev101@magma.ca> Cc: "robert rottermann" <robert@redcor.ch>; "Reena Karthikeyan" <reenakarthikeyan@gmail.com>; <zope@zope.org> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:58 AM Subject: Re: [Zope] Urgent Help Required......
Jonathan wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "robert rottermann" <robert@redcor.ch> To: "Reena Karthikeyan" <reenakarthikeyan@gmail.com> Cc: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:48 AM Subject: Re: [Zope] Urgent Help Required......
there is very good dolumentation to be found under: http://www.plope.com/Books/2_7Edition (disregard anything about dtml and zclasses, this are dying concepts)
ZClasses are deprecated as of zope 2.10.0 beta 1 (see CHANGES.txt).
DTML is NOT deprecated and is NOT a dying concept. ZPT and DTML are used by different people for different reasons; both technologies have their strengths and weaknesses, but both are viable, ongoing components of Zope.
Jonathan
your right Dtml is not dying. its dead.
At the risk of feeding the troll...
One of the wonderful things (of which there are many!) about Zope, is that Zope provides a plethora of tools for building applications. Some people prefer certain tools over others. The choice of tool is less important than whether it meets the needs of the application.
If a Zope developer has a preference for one tool over another that is an internal choice, and I am sure that newcomers to Zope would be happy to hear the reasons for the tool selection. However, it is not helpful to disparage the other tools as newcomers to Zope may find them useful. Saying that certain features are 'dead' (which they are not in this particular instance) may scare newcomers away from that tool, and possibly away from Zope, which would not be helpful to the Zope community as a whole.
Zope is a fantastic web application development platform, and it is in our own best interests to ensure that newcomers are informed about all of the many features and solutions it offers.
Jonathan
jonathan, you are of course perfectly right. but tough DTML still exists it is dated and largely replaced by tal et al. all new developpment efforts go into this set of utilities. I strongly recommend any newcomer not to touch DTML unless she has to deal with some legacy code. (ZSQL does not count here). robert