[Zope3-Users] ZCML help

Perry Smith pedz at easesoftware.com
Mon Oct 16 11:08:34 EDT 2006


I'm new to Zope but I've been programming for 25+ years.  I've read  
Weitershausen's book and I'm 10 chapters into the Zope 3 developer's  
handbook.  I'm struck by its statement that beginners find ZCML  
hard.  That is true for me too.

I keep reading and reading instead of doing which is not like me.   I  
perceive ZCML as bag of magic.  By that I mean that usually I can  
clearly define a starting point and an ending point and a hazy path  
between the two and I set off about my way.  But with Zope 3, I do  
not have the starting point and so I do not have the hazy path.  Each  
directive seems unique to the particular example in the book.  I'm  
unable, for some reason, to step back and see how ZCML is generally  
applied.  I'm not sure if it is me or the books or what.

I'm wondering if others are or have been in my situation.  If so, can  
you offer any advise or particular things to read that will help me out.

Thanks,
Perry Smith
Ease Software, Inc.
pedz at easesoftware.com
http://www.easesoftware.com

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