[Zope-dev] Re: In Defense of ZClasses

[Christopher Lozinski]

Jim Fulton asked 

>
> Chris, have you tried ArchGenXML?
>
I did do a project in Archetypes, in Plone.  If I recall correctly, 
Archetypes requires CMF.  And that is way too much code to add to my 
application.  My workflow requirements are trivial.  I  think that 
Archetypes is quite brilliant at defining a schema.  But it also 
includes the definition of the user interface in the data schema.  I 
much prefer to use Formulator to define the forms, and Archetypes to 
define the data schema.

Since I was not quite happy with Archetypes, I saw no point to move up 
to ArchGenXML.

Actually what I have done in my internal code is to swipe the ideas from 
Archetypes, and automagically create the ZCatalogs, and ZClasses and 
Formulator forms.   That way the forms can evolve away from the 
underlying classes.  With these tools I can put up a new customized job 
board in very little time.   And I do not have to carry around the whole 
infrastructure from CMF.

So I would prefer to be working in Zope 3.  But I am stuck with my 
legacy code, and pretty happy with it.  I do some things which 
absolutely require the dynamicism of ZClasses.   And when I get a reason 
to upgrade my zope server to a version that does not support ZClasses, 
then I will be motivated to do something about it.

Chris