[Zope] Leave the ivory tower now!
David H
bluepaul at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 9 01:20:41 EST 2006
Jonathan wrote:
> To pour fuel on the flames...
>
> +1 DTML
> -1 ZPT
>
> Why...
>
> 1) For 'quick and dirty' demos and rapid application prototyping DTML
> does the trick (yes, even including ZClasses), it is fast, easy,
> reasonably robust and it works!
>
> 2) For 'heavy lifting' (ie. intense computation, high loads, etc.) I
> prefer a 'product' approach.
>
> 3) For client-side functionality/control I prefer an AJAX approach
> using a combination of javascript/HTML/XHTML/XHTML-MP plus server-side
> python scripts/external methods/products.
>
> ZPT is a bit of a hybrid which increases overhead and doesn't really
> bring any new functionality to the table (for my applications and
> environment). Yes, for separating (well, mostly separating) content
> from display formatting ZPT is one possible solution, but the divorce
> of content and presentation is better achieved with an AJAX type of
> approach.
>
> I think Zope beginners would be better off using DTML (easier to
> learn, user's get quicker results and therefore have more satisfaction
> with Zope as a development platform), and then 'serious' development
> should be done using an AJAX approach with Zope 3 - the way of the
> future imho :-)
>
> If we had to make a choice for the future I would prefer Zope 2 + DTML
> and Zope 3 + AJAX (and consign ZPT to the 'good idea at the time'
> bin). Possibly, in the distant future, AJAX utilities/ides will exist
> which will make rapid prototyping and 'quick & dirty' demos feasible,
> in which case Zope 2 + DTML could fade into happy history.
>
> Just my 1-1/2 cents.
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> ----- Origin
>
Think about it: we argue about Z Classes vs DTML vs ZPT + python
scripts vs Products. Its all good.
Zope + 1
:-)
David
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