On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Robert Kiesling wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> >
> > > I'd like to see some holes filled. For example:
> > >
> > > 1) Project management software
> >
> > hear hear. IMO this would be best as a web-based product written in
> > something like PHP or Zope. (but then again, i'm a web geek, so
> > of course i think so. ;) Anyone know of any projects like this that are
> > currently going on?
>
> What's Zope?
It's an object-oriented system for building web applications. It's built
in Python. Things you get when you build a site with Zope that you don't
get using PHP, mod_perl, ASP, or ColdFusion:
-a built-in object database to store web data, as well as support for SQL
databases
-separation of content and presentation
-a built-in administrator's interface that lets you (and users you select)
edit their own pages or sections of a site.
-user access control with support for user roles and groups
-an object-oriented system that sees a website as a whole application,
not as a bunch of scripts tied together.
see www.zope.org for more info, or ask a question and I'll try to answer
it. I'm by no means a wizard with Zope, but i think it's really cool.
> I would like software that allows and facilitates collaborative or
> simultaneous projects over the net. CVS kind of does this, at least
> in the communication part, letting everyone know that a module is
> checked out for editing.
Yeah. the organizers of the Zope project have succeeded in doing this
pretty well IMO--- they have an automated weekly newsletter that tells
people about what different contributors have done that week.
srl
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