[Zope] Building SCAMMA with Zope

[Dirk Datzert]

alejandro.montenegro@alumnos.utfsm.cl schrieb:

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>         Doubts:
>                 - How is the complexity of interacction with others DB, (i.e.
>                   excluding the ZODB), such as Postgresql.

you need to install a standard DB-Connector ( existing product )
create a DB-Connector object
create your DB-queries in Zope (best with Znolk-Wizard)

you can use a product called DBObject for your modularisation of your DB-model

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>                 - Can u put flash animations?,

yes

> can u treat them as objects?,

yes

>                   and materialize them in the ZODB.

yes

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>                 - Can Zope easily interact with other programs in or out the
>                   server?.

short: yes:
long: which programms ?

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>                 - How would you estimate the performance of a site (developed
>                   with Zope) of this characterictics.

performance is not a  problem

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>                 - Can Zope dinamicly generate any multimedial content, such as
>                   images or flash animations.

yes
for images you need Python-Imaging library (free) installed on the server
http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/
for flash you need a product Zwiff http://www.zope.org/Members/sspickle/Zwiff

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