[ZODB-Dev] ZODB Intro

[Harm Kirchhoff]

When I started with Zope, I was really only interested in the ZODB.

The start with ZODB was a difficult one, because most of the literature 
focuses on Zope's web capabilities. Comments on the ZODB are often only 
by the way and oudated.

After having mastered the ZODB to a level that I can do what I want, I 
sat down and wrote a small set of code examples for absolute beginners 
to get started with the ZODB quicker and to avoid the frustrations I 
had, spending hours to find out simple things.

I wonder:
a. Is there anyone with some deeper knowledge for the ZODB, who is 
willing to give this very, very simple Intro a proof read, and
b. may be able to add some short technical background to give a rounder 
picture.

The python module is about 730 lines, including a lot of cut an pastes 
from the python command line and explanations + sources for additional 
reading &c.
The code itself is really primitive because I tried to avoid anything 
that goes beyond a beginner's understanding of python.
Probably the biggest problem for a ZODB guru would be to hold back and 
not add all kind of complicating information to the module. (The BTree 
part could do with one more example, though.)

I would try to have this module hosted on www.zope.org so that anyone 
interested could find it more easily.