[ZODB-Dev] ZODB Intro

[Andreas Jung]

try this:

<http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=23413>

<http://zope.org/Documentation/Articles/ZODB1>

<http://zope.org/Documentation/Articles/ZODB2>

-aj


--On Montag, 19. April 2004 10:40 Uhr +0900 Harm Kirchhoff 
<harm.kirchhoff at web.de> wrote:

> I looked for them, but could not find them. I also googled for them but
> could not find them. I looked over most of the articles, at www.zope.org
> but found them much too unspecific for beginners.
>
> Maybe you could point out the articles you meant in more detail ?
>
> The point I am making is that hands-on examples for absolute ZODB
> beginners are rare and do not exist in a consistent collection that will
> give an instant 'Ah-it's really easy.' experience.
>
> Andreas Jung wrote:
>
>> There are at least two articles from Amos Lattmeier explaining how to
>> with the ZODB  from Python.
>> They should be available from the documentation sections on zope.org.
>>
>> -aj
>>
>> --On Sonntag, 18. April 2004 19:18 Uhr +0900 Harm Kirchhoff
>> <harm.kirchhoff at web.de> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/
>>>
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