Zope is a web framework that comes equipped with powerful, apparently
secret, features. Some of the things Zope has had for literally years
other web frameworks are only evolving today. And in other cases, Zope
comes equipped with features that other web framework communities are
currently only dreaming about.
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(20) Mon Sep 10 2007 15:24 Well-kept secrets of Zope:
Zope 3, and Grok in the last few months have been switching to a brave new eggified world of installation. The idea is that you compose your Zope application from a large amount of smaller packages, each providing their own components. I've sometimes described this Zope as an integrated megaframework. Zope is an integrated framework where packages follow common coding conventions, and the component architecture defines a way for packages to work with each other. Grok tries to step up by aiming for an integrated feel for developers. At the same time, Zope is a megaframework, allowing you to swap in best of breed components as they come available. Don't like zope.formlib? Swap in z3c.form for your form generation needs instead. (5) Wed Sep 26 2007 14:53 the challenges of version management in an eggified world:
