Zope 3 Developer's Handbook

by Stephan Richter

This is a useful, solutions-oriented guide to Zope 3 - the new version of the powerful open-source application server. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672326175
• ISBN13: 9780672326172
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent info, awkward editing

While the information is great, there could have been a lot more done in the editing process to clean up sentence and paragraph structure. In several instances the author will present multiple potential approaches to an issue but only cover one of the approaches.

If you use Zope 3, have this book on your desk

Having Stephan Richter's Zope 3 Developer's Handbook next to you while you work signals to everyone that a) you're using the world's most advanced web application platform and b) you're into serious productivity! Zope 3 Developer's Handbook started its life as a series of "recipes" -- short, pithy how-tos that don't waste time with theory and get you straight into the code. Stephan has preserved this pattern to create an essential tutorial and reference that, well, reads like a book! (I.e. something you can hold in one hand, leaving your other hand free to sip your favorite beverage, slumped on the couch...you know, a book :-) I'm a contributor to the Zope 3 project and have a fairly good idea of what I'm doing when it comes to using the platform. After getting Stephan's book, I was surprised at how much I didn't know! And this is coming from a book that is eminently approachable and easy to use. It's density of information sneaks up on you -- like, "wait a minute...I just coved a ton of ground...that was really easy." Okay, some credit goes to the Zope 3 team, which assembled a remarkably straight forward platform for web application development. Nonetheless, Stephan shows a mastery for putting the pieces together to in way that's educational and easy to use. One of the strengths of the book is that it's code-centric. If you're a Python developer you'll appreciate that code speaks louder than words. Stephan understands this and wrings as much instructive power from the code as any Python aficionado could expect. If you're not a Python developer, don't dismay! You have a lot to look forward to in this book -- you not only get to learn about Zope 3, you get to see first hand why Python is the "Best Darned Programming Language on Earth" [tm]. (Disclaimer: not really trademarked ;-) If you're not familiar with Zope but are interested in web application platforms (including the enterprise heavy weights J2EE and .NET), take a serious look at Zope 3 through Stephan's book. While Zope 3 is not a complex layer of heavy handed architectural frameworks (a lot of people think this is a mark of a good platform), it is extraordinarily capable at building world class apps. (I use the term "word class" in the rich tradition of PR prose...hackers, please disregard.) I guess I'm endorsing the book. Darn...I wanted to write one of those hard hitting New York Times reviews that caused Stephan to reconsider his career as an author. Sadly for my career as a critic, I picked the wrong book to write about ;-) So, anyone still on the fence by now should click "Add to Shopping Cart" anyway. At the very least, having Stephan's book on your desk will make you look extremely savvy and have your colleagues scratching their heads wondering if it's the new shirt or maybe if you've lost some weight.