Hi, I don't know of a ZPatterns "Hello, World". I remember feeling quite pleased when I managed to get a ZClass instance added to a Rack. Of course, how one would define "Hello, world" in the context of ZPatterns, I'm not sure. I haven't yet had a chance to use 0.4, so this example won't mention DataSkins. You could do something like this: create a ZClass add a Specialist add a Rack set the storage for that Rack to your ZClass add a PythonMethod to the Specialist that calls newItem(ObjID) and then sets some properties on that ZClass Then, you can go to http://yoursite/Specialist/ObjID and take a look at your ZClass. Congratulations! You've now replicated the functionality of a Folder :) (Of course, the Rack uses BTrees, so you can store any number of objects in there, unlike a Folder.) Once you have objects in your Rack, you can start playing with attribute providers and such. Plug-ins still need to be written in Python. HTH, Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff K. Hoffman" <jeff.hoffman@goingv.com> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 4:35 PM Subject: [Zope] ZPatterns, "Hello, world."

I am trying to wrap my head around ZPatterns--I am hoping to use it in a project I am currently working on. Unfortunately, I'm not doing too well. :-)

Is there a, "Hello ZPatterns World." example out there, anywhere, that shows the simplest usage of the framework? It would do me tremendous good to see a working example.