[Zope] First attempt at writing External Method .. need help

[Jim Washington]

kent@springfed.com wrote:

>Howdy,
>
>I wrote the example as in The Zope Book;
>
>file hello.py in Extensions dir
>
>def hello():
>	return "Howdy there big world"
>
>I created a folder testExternalMethods
>and added External Method = hello ...
>
>It added with no errors, however clicking
>on the 'Test' tab of object 'hello' does nothing
>and the URL testExternalMethods/hello produces a blank page
>
>What am I missing here?
>
>  
>
If your method is exactly as above, you are missing the docstring. 
 Methods published to the web from external methods (or inside Python 
products) need a docstring.

e.g.,

def hello():
"""Say hello, world!"""
	return "Howdy there big world"

-- Jim Washington