[Zope] New to zope

[Shad Young]

I am a bit jargon challenged when it come to Zope and Python. Could you
please clarify ZPT? I have not come across this term yet, or if I have it is
only in the long form. What I really need right now, more than a debate on
what works best, is, as I asked in my first email, some pointers to the FM
(Fine Manual) so I can R(ead) it. ;)

What would be the series and order of how-tos (that work) I should read to
get myself up to speed without having to spend a year trying to plod through
all this on my own? Because, so far, the reading I have done on my own, and
the examples contained there-in, do not work. Some even have basic coding
errors like missing (') in the example snippets. *boggle*

And how do I kill the services tab and registry leftovers from an uninstall
in windows XP? XP refuses to let the keys be deleted as they correspond to
the Windows service. This should have been removed during the uninstall.

Thanks
Shad
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Winkler" <pw_lists@slinkp.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Zope] New to zope


> On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:15:59PM +1000, Julian Melville wrote:
> > As far as I know (and I'm no authority) ZClasses aren't really the way
to do
> > things any more. Your best bet is probably ZPT's and Python scripts,
then
> > eventually should you need to, develop Python-based products.
>
> Well, zclasses vs. zpt & python script is comparing apples and oranges...
> like saying "don't use a car, use some wheels and engines." ;-)
>
> As for zclasses being "not the way",  there's some disagreement about
> this. I don't use 'em myself (lately I've been building on
> EasyProduct when I want to a new class quickly);
> others have reported problems transitioning a zclass between zope
> versions; but Dieter Maurer, who knows as much of zope as anybody,
> says he's been doing it for years without problems.
>
> --PW
>
> Paul Winkler
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