Subject: RE: [Zope] Q: Verifying the poll numbers <snip>
Conclusion: 1) Gotta be Free software.
I completely agree! One of the main reasons we picked Zope was the price, and I don't see the need for an overpriced IDE. Zend did this with PHP, and its one of the things that annoyed me. PHPEd, a freeware alternative was MUCH better anyway. The only problem was it is closed source :(
2) Should run on every platform that zope does.
Well Du'h :) Though I would suspect that most people work under a Win32 environment.
3) Should offer HTTP, HTTPS (not optional in my environment), XML-RPC (optional) and ZEO (for speed) access to the server. Even cooler, run a ZEO connection over ssh.
I would tend to agree with this. When I am working at home, I don't want client's data flying about on an unsecured connection. I would also like to see FTP support, to I can upload my DTML pages to the server as well. I tend to agree with community built tools. They tend to take longer to appear, but they usually have all the features I want! And of course, the zope community is pretty organised (compared to most others!). I would definitely like to participate in any community effort. Tane Piper - Lead Designer ZZICT Entertainment http://www.legiongame.nl