[Zope] Greetings Zope Newbies

[Spicklemire, Jerry]

Hi Zope fans,

Many newbies are jumping in to Zope and it can be pretty overwhelming, 
at first. Well, at can stay overwhelming for awhile, too. That can make 
it all the more difficult to discern the forest when all you can see is 
the next tree you're about to slam into. On the other hand, for those 
who have been Zoping for awhile, it is hard not to notice the signs of 
a trend upward in Zope development. Can you say "exponential"?

Taking a moment to scan the big Zope picture, here's a summary of several 
critical Core Zope releases recently announced on these lists:

Zope 2.3.1 approaching final release:

 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000393.html


Zope CMF (aka PTK) approaching v.1 final release:

 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000383.html


Zope Page Templates v.1

 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope/2001-March/086591.html


Zope Parsed XML v.1

 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000394.html

Pyperl v.1.0.1

 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-perl/2001-March/000242.html


plus lot's of books and documentation underway, including:

 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000386.html

 http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope/book/chap1.html

 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000380.html


and of course, work on Python continues apace:

 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-March/034942.html


Finally, just a small sample of links to an ever growing list of contributed

modules, How-Tos, and handy extensions from the Global Zope Community,
below:

 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000379.html

 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000381.html

 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000384.html

 http://www.zope.org/Members/aeg/ZDatabaseTool_first_release

 http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2001-March/000387.html

 http://www.zope.org/Members/Kaivo/EvalTag_HowTo/EvalTag

Be prepared for EXCITING Times in Zopetopia!
Jerry S.