[Grok-dev] Re: Benefits of Grok -- please contribute

[Sebastian Ware]

14 maj 2007 kl. 20.45 skrev Luciano Ramalho:

>
> But as we consider how to "sell" Grok, the fact that we have the ZODB
> is a double-edged knife.
>
> Ideally, it should be simple to start any project on the ZODB and
> later switch to a relational dababase back-end, with as little pain as
> possible.

Personally, I love ZODB. I started up an ORM (object-relational  
mapping) tools developer for COM+ and .NET a couple of years ago, and  
ORM is the way to go when accessing an RDBMS. But, the ZODB has a  
more document oriented approach which is great for CMS, ERP etc.

In the applications I have developed for Zope 2, I use a combination  
of ZODB, RDBMS and the file system, depending on how the data is  
created, how it is used and the size of individual records. But I  
agree, if it is used as a holy grail of data storage (in the way some  
publishing systems tend to use RDBMS) it becomes a problem.

For me the ZODB has been a silver bullet because it is well  
integrated to Zope. I have even come to like aquisition... (with some  
reservations... ;) )

Regards Sebastian

>
>> It's different - e.g., aspect orientation (adapters) and  
>> persistence (no
>> RDBMS).
>
> I like this very much. I believe most web programmers are not really
> happy using the tools they have, so these key differences should be
> emphasized.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Luciano
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