Win GO wrote:
could anyone please comment regarding this link: http://www.amk.ca/python/writing/why-not-zope.html
it's an article i read on why not to use zope. i just want to know if the author's rants are justified.
TIA
This article raises legitimate points. Zope is a difficult and somewhat opaque system to learn. If it were not open source, it would be nearly worthless to me and a I would not use it. However, Zope is open-source and written in one of the most readable computer languages. But like many things that are difficult to learn such as walking, driving and computer programming in general, there are worthwhile, tangible rewards to spending time and energy learning Zope. If there were not, I would not be writing this email. Many of the points raised in this article point to ignorance of developing in Zope. Everytime I have run against problems that cannot be solved well with Zope's built in tools, I have fallen back to using the amazing extensibility of Zope to get the job done. This extensibility (owing much to Python), and no other feature, is the main reason I continue to learn and use Zope today. No Zope is not perfect, far from it. But the pace at which this community can attack specific problems when they put their mind to it is impressive. Zope does require more of a commitment than most other computer software I have used. In my mind, however it is worth it. -- | Casey Duncan | Kaivo, Inc. | cduncan@kaivo.com `------------------>