[Zope] ANNOUNCE. Zope Beans v 0.1

[Chris McDonough]

Neat!  Sigh.  I wish I could check this out right now, but busy fighting
catalog fires at the moment.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul T" <paul@pault.com>
To: <zope-announce@zope.org>
Cc: <zope@zope.org>; "Chris McDonough" <chrism@digicool.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 4:51 PM
Subject: [Zope] ANNOUNCE. Zope Beans v 0.1


>
> Experimental version:
> http://www.pault.com/zope_beans.html
>
> Genbean.py v 0.1
> Tested with Zope 2.3.0
>
> The big picture is described in the paper "Zope: How To Win Big".
> http://www.pault.com/zope.html
>
> What is Zope Bean?
>
> Zope Bean is a simplified plug & play product for Zope.
> Zope Bean encapsulates a set of properties and methods.
> Zope Bean has one creation screen, one configuration
> screen and one information screen.
>
> Zope Bean is not Zope Component.
>
> Zope Component is experimental new feature in Zope.
> I have not seen it implemented yet. However, from the paper:
> "Components need not be persistent, nor provide a management
> interface." Zope Beans are persistent and they provide a
> management interface.
>
> Zope Bean is not exactly Zope Product.
>
> Zope Products are hard to create and hard to maintain.
> If you're Python/Zope pro who is used to write complex
> Zope Products, the chances are that you may have
> no need in Zope Beans - you're already a magician.
> However, Zope Beans enforce loose coupling design
> (something to think about).
>
> The biggest difference between Zope Bean and Zope Product
> is that Zope Bean is extremely easy to create and to maintain
> even you have no experience with Zope Products at all. If you
> know a bit of Python - you can write and use Zope Beans.
>
> Next version of Zope Beans may provide more functionality
> (like complex types of properties, one-bean-cooperating-with-other-bean,
> Global Bean Distribution Network, e t.c.) The purpose of this
> version is to show that writing plug & play Zope Products
> could be significantly easier than it is now.
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> Rgds.Paul.
>
>
>
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