my opinion, have a go at Python, it's the easiest language I've ever come across. I had to use Zope on a project, as I needed an open source application server, and there isn't really a decent one in Perl, the language I knew. I managed to start using Zope with Python, with hardly any overhead of picking up python. It's more similar to Java than Perl, and if you are already a programmer, it really shouldn't be a problem. It would be worth installing the ExternalEditor product, and the helper app for your PC, so you automatically edit with something like gvim, which will manage the indentation for you, and do syntax highlighting. Ben Heri wrote:

Hi,

i'm a java programmer for the last 3 years. I'm very comfortable with Java Language now, and understand most of its library, ettc..

I like Zope very much and like its ZPT and many others. But I have not much idea about Python and I don't want to spend much time 'learning python' just do do stuff with Zope. As I feel more comfortable with Java, can someone suggest me a way to use ZOPE by using my Java Skill?

thanks!!!

_______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )

I started from the same position and I've been looking for open source Java products (/projects) that compare to Zope, but I haven't found any. XMLC comes closest to ZPT, Tapestry comes close to the OO paradigm for web publishing, and of course there are many Java alternatives to ZODB. But putting all of those packages together is a major project. In the end I decided to go for Zope and learn Python. Python isn't that difficult to learn and its a nice language. It can be used for many purposes, including basic system administration scripts you probably wouldn't use Java for. So Python skills are quite reusable. If you are a competent Java programmer, you shouldn't need more than a couple of days to get the hang of Python. Learning Zope will probably take some more time though. Cheers, René Pijlman

-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Heri Sent: 13 februari 2003 5:04 To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Love Zope but want to avoid Python

Hi,

i'm a java programmer for the last 3 years. I'm very comfortable with Java Language now, and understand most of its library, ettc..

I like Zope very much and like its ZPT and many others. But I have not much idea about Python and I don't want to spend much time 'learning python' just do do stuff with Zope. As I feel more comfortable with Java, can someone suggest me a way to use ZOPE by using my Java Skill?

thanks!!!