[Zope] FYI: Zope Weekly News

[Amos Latteier]

Hi,

Now that Zope 2.0 final is out, it's time to start trying to understand
and put to use all the cool new stuff in Zope 2.

The new Zope.org website, while still in beta, is starting to become a
great source of information for Zope users. There are already 37 How-Tos
on the site, all searchable. The new site will soon replace the existing
Zope.org site.

* Chris Petrilli updated the Oracle and ODBC Database Adapters. 

  http://www.zope.org:18200/Products/DA/ZOracleDA
  http://www.zope.org:18200/Products/DA/ZODBCDA
  http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/1999-September/000031.html
  
* Amos Latteier released Alpha 2 of XML Document
  
  http://www.zope.org:18200/Products/XMLDocument
  http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/1999-September/000028.html
  
* Brian Lloyd posted an informative How-To on External Methods

  http://www.zope.org:18200/Documentation/How-To/ExternalMethods

* Work continues on the new Zope.org site. Mike Pelletier has been
hardening the cataloging and reviewing facilities and sprucing up the
existing ZClasses. Amos Latteier posted a proposal for Topic objects to
help with organizing and browsing content. Currently there are 537
Members of Zope.org!
  
  http://www.zope.org:18200
  http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/Amos/TopicProposal

* The 5th Berlin BBQ hosted by beehive happens Friday, September 17 at
16:00. Be there if you can make it to Berlin!

  http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/webman/berlinBBQ5

* The Portland Oregon Python Interest Group had it's first meeting on
9/6/1999. Amos Latteier gave a talk on Zope and XML. The slides are
on-line.

  http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/Amos/XMLSlides/PORPIGgies
  
* Evan Simpson released version 0.0.1 of his very cool Python Method
Product. This product promises to allow safe Python programming through
the web!

  http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/4am/pm0-0-1

* Andreas Kostyrka posted a fix for using Confera 1.3.1 with Zope 2.0
final.

  http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009411.html

* Zope t-shirts were discussed. It turns out that some already exist,
and that the have a dangerous logo on the back.

  http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009479.html
  http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009526.html

* Janko Hauser posted about CIS (Community Information System) a very
impressive looking Zope project.

 http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009641.html
 http://www.bionode.com/cis/

* If you haven't already seen it, check out the ZDP's awesome Zope Quick
Reference.
  
  http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009899.html
  http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/ZQR/

See you next week.

-Amos

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Amos Latteier         mailto:amos@digicool.com
Digital Creations     http://www.digicool.com