[Zope] My Way of Zope Programming

[douwe@oberon.nl]

> > After using Zope more than one year I want to
> > share my experiences with you
> >
> > That's what I think:
>
> > 2. Don't use ZPT, DTML or ZClasses. I spent to much time searching
> >  for the line were the error occured. Since I use python
> >  I no more have theses problems.
>
> Don't use ZClasses!!! That's true... but why not ZPT & DTML? Mixing my
> html-layout into python-code is moving two steps back. welcome to the
> php-mixing-code&design-scripting-chaos.

As Shreck said, it is layers. You might not like mixing Html with code, but
your designer doesn't know python. Depending on your project, the same might
go for some of your programmers. Sure, it is nice to have a perfect object
hierarcht, but it is not always easy to make little adjustment for the
unenlighted sidekick.

My perfect setup is having a python product class hierarchy that is zclass
derivable, with the abstract application. A layer of zclasses sits on top of
that, mainly to offer hooks for specific implementations. On top of that
all forms and views are done in ZPT or DTML, calling the python classes
where necesary.

Douwe