seen it pop up from time to time on FlipDog. I have, however, seen
Python from time to time.
My friends that use Python professionally use it in a number of various
situations, from 3D rendering to process automation to Java interfaces
to GUI application development (with TKinter and other windowing
toolkits). Just knowing Python will be a benefit - you never know what
will show up.
- Jim
Glen Salisbury wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback everyone. Zope doesn't sound as bad as
> it seems. Only issues is learning while architecting a large project.
> It's true learning on company time is a big perk. Does anyone see
> Python and/or Zope and professionally marketable skill?
>
> - Glen
>
> From: Shawn Grover
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 1:53 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Coldfusion VS Zope (Python) ... HELP!!
>
> If it helps any, I've just started implementing Zope on my personal
> server,
> but code in CF professionally. My experience thus far is that Zope does
> have a lot of potential to make life easy. I've installed Plone on
> top of
> Zope, then within an hour, I had a basic web site up and running, with
> editing capabilities, online management of the site, and some other
> nifty
> tools thrown in like search capabilities, and and news listings. From
> what
> I've read, you can take a section of your site (like news listings) and
> create an RSS feed for them with a (relatively) few keystrokes/mouse
> clicks.
>
> To create something from scratch like this in CF would have taken at
> least
> a
> week or two by an experienced CF programmer (this is my own
> opinion). So,
> the 3 or 4 days I've spent figuring out the installation routines
> for Zope
> and Plone, and getting a basic feel for the tools have been well spent.
> Currently I'm trying to figure out how to setup the CMFVisualEditor tool
> for
> Zope to provide WYSIWYG editing of pages. Once I have this done, then
> I'll
> be diving deeper into customizing my templates. If all goes well,
> I'll be
> able to publish my sight by Monday. If I were doing this in CF, my
> target
> publish date would be a month or two down the road.... Oh, and btw, I
> haven't yet had to do any python scripting. (I face the same deal
> as you
> with regards to python - I don't know it....)
>
> Don't get me wrong, I love CF and have done and seen other's do some
> very
> amazing stuff with it. But for my personal server, I've choosen the
> open
> source route, and CF doesn't play well with Gentoo Linux.
>
> My recommendation would be to at least become partially familiar with
> Zope,
> then make a judgment for your specific needs.
>
> HTH
>
> Shawn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Salisbury [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 8:50 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Coldfusion VS Zope (Python) ... HELP!!
>
> Hey everyone.
>
> I've currently been asked by my boss to do a large application in Zope.
> (www.zope.org)
>
> We always done Coldfusion but despite the fact that he is not technical,
> he's certain that the project we are doing could be built faster in
> Zope. Despite that I've already made a case that Zope market is tiny,
> (try doing a job search on it) and that none of the dev team knows
> Python
> (yet).
> Does anyone have any pros / cons that are fact based that a case
> could be
> made
> either way?
>
> Has anyone here coded in Python? If so which is faster to code in?
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> - Glen Salisbury
> Application Engineer
>
> _____
>
>
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