Markus, Zope 3 is mature as a framework, but does not provide much "out of the box". It's a basis upon which to build applications like Plone ... If you are looking for something that provides Plone-like features on top of Zope 3, it doesn't exist (yet).
Personally, I'm waiting for this: http://www.z3lab.org/ But it'll be a while yet! Zope 3 is brilliant, but complex, and quite the departure from Zope 2, so it'll take a while for the take up to occur. What might work better for you is to use Zope 2 + the CMF, without Plone. Plone can be fairly heavy and rigid, the CMF alone might give you the tools you need. I use Zope 2 with success and good performance on a hig traffic website, I wouldn't discount it just because of your first impression ... There are many tweaks available that will considerably improve performance for production systems. Cheers, J.F. Markus Wankus wrote: > Hi All, > > Does anyone know of any good Zope3 examples? I'm new to Zope and I just > want to start with a simple website, and later move on to a more complex > site with interactive calendar, obligatory > blog/wiki/buzzword-of-the-day-thingy, etc. > > I started by installing Zope2 and Plone but it was very slow, and quite > frankly I didn't want to end up looking like "another Plone site". I > did a bunch of surfing and found some suggestions along the lines that > Zope3 was basically ready for primetime, and would combine the best of > Plone and Zope2.. and be faster. So, naturally, I removed Zope2 and > Plone and quickly installed Zope3! ;o) Well, it is definitely faster. > The problem is, it doesn't look like there are any applications (if I > may use that term) for it yet. > I'm starting in on the docs now, and I'll probably break down and pay > through the nose for the book, but I was just wondering if I perhaps > made a bad choice and should go back to Zope2/Plone - or will it all be > worth the effort? > > I found the very cool SchoolBell project, and I hope to delve into the > source for that as a learning experience, but I must admit I was hoping > for a more Plone-type experience with Zope3 out of the box. It looks to > me like that sort of thing just isn't there yet. That's fine if that's > the case - I can wait (I have a lot of reading and learning to do anyway). > > I guess I'm just wondering if there are any other resources out there I > haven't found in my Googling yet. I also found this nice-looking TODO > sample (which looks like the best place to start, frankly) which I plan > on using as a starting point as well > (http://toulouse.amber.org/archives/simple_todo_application/index.html). > > Thanks, > Markus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
