Thanks for resonding, even though there was a better list! I've got some
fantastic replies, and was overwhelmed with the answers!
I'll definately give Zope a try.
-Original Message-
From: Peter Sabaini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:32 AM
To: Aaron Paxson
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] Newbie Question
Aaron Paxson wrote:
I hope I'm posting to the right mailing list. There were so many to
decide
from.
This should've probably been directed to the main Zope list; zope-dev is
for development *of* Zope.
I've just been introduced to Zope, and am curious on how it will fit into
my
company's plans.
I'm currently learning Java, and was starting to learn the RedHat Web
Application Framework. I've found Zope in an article on the web, and
started to look into it. It looks to be just as scalable, but I'm curious
on how extensible it is, as well as, it's power in a corporate
environment.
For example, how extensible is it, to modify the security module and have
it
authenticate against LDAP? (I don't want all my users to remember yet
another password) Also, how powerful is Python as compared to Java? Since
it uses a native compiler, it stands to reason that it would be faster
than
Java, but what of it's objects and packages? (i.e. Does it have an image
manipulation package, or networking packages?)
There are Add-ons that do User authentification against LDAP servers,
and its also not very hard to roll your own.
Zope is, generally speaking, *very* extensible -- see for example the
long list of 3rd pary add-on products at http://www.zope.org/Products
I think Python is one of the greatest strengths of Zope. Its not only a
modern full-fledged OOP language, comes with great libraries (see
http://python.org/doc/current/modindex.html, and has even more to
download separately) but is simply a joy to program in. Bruce Eckel put
it very nicely IMHO: http://mindview.net/FAQ/FAQ-012 )
Also see:
http://csdl.computer.org/comp/mags/co/2000/10/rx023abs.htm
http://www.cis.udel.edu/~silber/470STUFF/article.pdf
http://www.twistedmatrix.com/users/glyph/rant/python-vs-java.html
There are good networking modules in the standard Python distribution;
image manipulation can be done with eg. PIL
(http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/) or PythonMagick
(http://www.procoders.net/moinmoin/PythonMagick)
I must say, seeing the documentation and books alone, tells me the product
is good, and something I can learn. I see alot of Hope for Zope grin,
couldn't resist, but I don't want to get into it, just to see if it
doesn't
fit into my plans.
For those who want a couple of examples, I have 3 projects for our
intranet/extranet/internet applications:
1). Images and cataloging (where, our development team can upload their
images, and the intranet application will take that image and export it to
a
JPG to update the web catalog, and move the original file to our FTP site
for our photographers.
2). Document Management (Uploading of files, and inputting data to index
on
those files for searching)
3). Obviously the usual (Content Management and Portals) which I'm sure
Zope does a good job at.
Those are certainly suited for Zope
- peter.
Thanks in advance!! Again, my apologies if there is a better list for
this
post.
Aaron Paxson
Network Operations Manager
Decorative Concepts, Inc
http://www.decorativeconcepts.com
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