Just making sure this thing is on. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Michel Pelletier <michel@digicool.com> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 17:07:32 -0800 (PST)

Greetings,

Read this carefully, you may end up with a free, signed copy of the Zope book.

That's right, Amos and I have just gotten done adding all kinds of new stuff to the book, and in particular we made quite a few changed from "Python Method" to "Python Script". This was a task more subtle than a simple search and replace, many changes needed to be done.

Also, sometime really soon, we will be making a 2.3 alpha release. This will be the first release of Zope that will be "in sync" with the book. Lots of milestones to reach there.

So, instead of reading the book over again for the N to the Nth time in preparation, we have decided to run a fun little contest.

The *first* person to point out an incorrect usage of the term "method" when it should be "script" will get a free copy of the Zope book signed by Amos and myself. If you are the second person to point out the same error, sorry, you're out of luck, but *keep reading* because you may find another! For each unique "method" error found in the book, someone will get a free signed copy!

And don't just stick to Chapter 8 (although that's probably the best place to start!) because Python Meth...er Scripts are used all over the book.

To keep everything fair, you must report your findings to the community reviewer list at zope-book@zope.org. They will be the "judges", and will decide who does and who does and does not get a book.

Here are some sample right and wrong sentences to give you an idea, just because a sentence contains the word "method", doesn't make it wrong:

"DTML Methods are smelly." (Right)

"By using DTML, Python, Perl or other kinds of methods, you can script the web." (Wrong)

"Python Methods rock!" (Wrong)

"You can call *fooBar* through the web like any other kind of method". (Wrong, should be "object", tricky! The judgest make the call on these kinds of errors)

"The Python code in your External Method must be in the Foo module." (Right, External Methods still exist)

Get the idea?

The O'Reilly community reviewers (the "judges") and employees of Digital Creations are not elligible in this contest, sorry guys, you already get free books. ;)

So without further a-do here's the URL. Have fun!

http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/ZB/

-Michel

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