SlideShare a Scribd company logo
The goodies that
Zope begat
Pyramid, Plone, buildout + more
Dylan Jay @djay75
Who am I?
Dylan Jay
Core Plone Contributor
1995 First web app (ISAPI)
1999 Built first e-commerce
site (zope)
2003 Built first startup
(IntroVino)
2004 Started
PretaWeb/PretaGov (Plone0
Reasons for this talk
History
"Those who don't learn from history are
doomed to add it as a feature of their
framework"
Better choices
There is no perfect framework, only a perfect mess when you pick
wrong
Reuse
The goodies
1. Traversal
2. ZODB
3. ZTK Adapters
4. Sprints
5. Pyramid
6. Buildout
7. Plone + the customisation cliff
8. Diazo
9. RobotFramework - RobotSuite
Python family tree(web)
Zope (1996-)
ZTK (BlueBream)
(2004-)
Pylons/TurboGears
(2005-2010)Django (2005-)
Flask (2010-)
RoR (2004-) Plone (1999-)
BFG (2008-2010)
CGI (1993-)
httpd (1990-)
NikolaPyramid (2010-)
Zope - wtf was that about?
Back in 1996
● webserver = path to file
● cgi = path to script + args
● OO - was very big
● Jim Fulton was on a
plane
traversal = path to object + '/' + method
zope = zope object publishing environment
Goodie #1 - Traversal
response = traverse(root, HTTP_PATH.split('/'), request)
def traverse(context, path, request):
if len(path) == 0:
return context(request)
elif len(path) == 1:
view_method = getattr( context, path[0] )
return view_method(request)
else:
sub_context = context[ path[0] ]
return traverse( sub_context, path[1:], request)
Traversal - why?
Good for CMS
plugins cooperating
webapps
complex apps
TraversalRoutes
/A/B/C/myaction/myaction/id123
distributedcentrally defined
Good for relational
single use apps
Goodie #2: ZODB
● Want to store something non relational?
● Want to store something non key-value?
● Got complex object structures?
Use Object persistence
ZODB: The piss easy DB
$ easyinstall ZODB
db = DB( FileStorage.FileStorage('./Data.fs') )
connection = db.open()
dbroot = connection.root()
transaction.commit()
db.close()
dbroot['a_number'] = 3
dbroot['a_string'] = 'Gift'
dbroot['a_list'] = [1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 12]
dbroot['a_dictionary'] = { 1918: 'Red Sox', 1919: 'Reds' }
dbroot['deeply_nested'] = {
1918: [ ('Red Sox', 4), ('Cubs', 2) ],
1919: [ ('Reds', 5), ('White Sox', 3) ],
}
ZODB: simple but powerful
● transactions - multiversion concurrency
control (MVCC)
● scalability across a network (using ZEO)
● replication (using ZRS or relstorage)
● history/undo
● transparently pluggable storage
● built-in caching
● Blob support
Goodie #3: Adapters
Adapters: why?
● Solves how to plug complex software
together
● Better than Object Orientation
● Perfect for overridable software
● Perfect for plugin architecture
● ZTK - ZCA - Zope3 == Adapters
ZTK Adapters
class IUSPlug(zope.interface):
prongs = Attribute("""number of prongs""")
class Motox(object):
implements(IUSPlug)
prongs = 2
class INZPlug(zope.interface):
prongs = Attribute("""number of prongs""")
ZTK Adapters
class ACPowerAdapter(object):
implements(INZPlug)
adapts(IUSPlug)
def __init__(self, plug):
self.prongs = plug.prongs + 1
self.voltage = 240
registry.registerAdapter(ACPowerAdapter)
ZTK Adapters
>>> myphone = MotoX()
>>> myphone.prongs == 3
False
>>> adaptedphone = INZPlug(myphone)
>>> adaptedphone.prongs == 3
True
Goodie #4: Sprints
“The practice of using sprints for open source
software development was pioneered by the
Zope Corporation in the early days of the Zope
3 project. Between January 2002 and January
2006, more than 30 Zope 3 sprints had taken
place.[citation needed]”
Plone Pacific Rim Sprint 14-15 Sept
Goodie #5 Pyramid
Zope (1996-)
ZTK (BlueBream)
(2004-)
Pylons/TurboGears
(2005-2010)Django (2005-)
Flask (2010-)
RoR (2004-) Plone (1999-)
BFG (2008-2010)
CGI (1993-)
httpd (1990-)
NikolaPyramid (2010-)
Pyramid: It's micro!
from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
from pyramid.view import view_config
from pyramid.config import Configurator
if __name__ == '__main__':
config = Configurator()
config.add_route('hello', '/hello/{name}')
config.scan()
app = config.make_wsgi_app()
server = make_server('0.0.0.0', 8080, app)
server.serve_forever()
@view_config(route_name='hello', renderer='json')
def hello_world(request):
return {'content':'Hello %(name)s!' % request.matchdict}
Pyramid: worst name ever
Pyramid (the structure) Pyramid (the framework)
Start big - End small Start small - End big
Ancient Best of breed
Unchanging over time Extensible & Flexible
Pyramid: a "micro & more"
Framework
● a declarative authorization system
● extensibility: aggregate Pyramid application
configuration from multiple sources
● separate I18N translation string factories
● reuse: "Interface" based view/subscriber
registrations
● optionally map URLs to code using traversal
Pyramid: routes vs.
traversal: why not both?
from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
from pyramid.config import Configurator
from pyramid.response import Response
class Resource(dict):
pass
def get_root(request):
return Resource({'a': Resource({'b': Resource({'c': Resource()})})})
def hello_world_of_resources(context, request):
output = "Here's a resource and its children: %s" % context
return Response(output)
if __name__ == '__main__':
config = Configurator(root_factory=get_root)
config.add_view(hello_world_of_resources, context=Resource)
app = config.make_wsgi_app()
server = make_server('0.0.0.0', 8080, app)
server.serve_forever()
Goodie #6: buildout
buildout - what you get if you put make, puppet,
python, pip, virtualenv into a blender
Buildout
● uses recipes - python packages that know
how to build other things
○ like puppet
● automated dependencies
○ like Make
● recipes download and install python
packages into your environment
○ like PIP/easy_install
● everything gets installed into a local directory
isolated from your system
○ like virtualenv
Buildout is like...
you need it when
- you’re on tour (deploy different places)
- very different components
Goodie #7: Plone
300+ core contributors
400+ plugins
1000+ commits/month
5-8 sprints per year
1 Plone foundation
1-2 CVE's/year
The goodies of zope, pyramid, and plone (2)
Plone
Plone step 1: Install
wget --no-check-certificate https://launchpad.
net/plone/4.3/4.3.1/+download/Plone-4.3.1-
UnifiedInstaller.tgz
# Extract the downloaded file
tar -xf Plone-4.3-UnifiedInstaller.tgz
# Go the folder containing installer script
cd Plone-4.3-UnifiedInstaller
# Run script
./install.sh standalone
cd ~/Plone/zinstance
bin/instance fg
Plone: #2 Add content
Plone Step 2: Add content
Plone Step 3: Add plugins
$ nano buildout.cfg
[instance]
...
eggs =
Products.PloneFormGen
collective.recaptcha
$ bin/buildout
$ bin/instance fg
Plone Step 4: Theme it
Framework vs CMS
start with a blank page start with fully featured site
build up customise down
good for "app" sites good for "content" sites others can edit
Framework CMS
startup tool agency tool
risk reinventing the wheel risk hitting customisation cliff
dev has full control shared control, editors, admin, dev, themer
Content Editor Site Admin
Separation of concerns
Backend devFrontend dev /
Themer
Integrator
Reviewer
Developers blog
Integrator
Static site generator
An app/startup
Backend devFrontend dev / Themer
Django/Pyramid
Simple Blog
Content Editor
PluginsThemes
Simple CMS e.g. Wordpress
Large content site
PluginsThemes
Frontend dev /
Themer
Content Editor Site Admin
Integrator
Reviewer
Enterprise CMS
Web consultancy
Plugins
Frontend dev /
Themer
Content Editor
Site Admin
Integrator CMS/Framework
The customisation cliff
Framework
CMS
Goodie #8: Diazo
- Ultimate in code - html seperation
- templates without altering your html
- allows designer to work on html while you
work on the code - round trip
Diazo.org
1. app with very simple html
- "content"
2. create mockups in html of
how you want the pages to
really look - "theme"
3. create a rules.xml.
4. Compile it to single XSLT
file,
5. execute it in middleware
Goodie #9:
RobotFramework
what you get when you put python, selenum
and BDD into a blender
RobotFramework
RobotFramework
● Not invented by Plone/Zope (Nokia did)
● but robotsuite was
● Used to test Plone
● Automated screenshots for user manuals
Thanks
Dylan Jay (pretagov.com.au)

More Related Content

ODP
Pyramid Lighter/Faster/Better web apps
ODP
Plone pwns
ODP
TTW FTW: Plone as the new wordpress
PDF
The eggless Plone manifesto (or Plone the open source cms-as-a-service platf...
PPTX
Plone: The CMS that hits above it's weight
PPT
Funnelweb ploneconf2010
PDF
Pyramid Deployment and Maintenance
PPTX
Take Command of WordPress With WP-CLI at WordCamp Long Beach
Pyramid Lighter/Faster/Better web apps
Plone pwns
TTW FTW: Plone as the new wordpress
The eggless Plone manifesto (or Plone the open source cms-as-a-service platf...
Plone: The CMS that hits above it's weight
Funnelweb ploneconf2010
Pyramid Deployment and Maintenance
Take Command of WordPress With WP-CLI at WordCamp Long Beach

What's hot (20)

PPTX
Bower - A package manager for the web
PDF
WordPress Performance optimization
PDF
Cool like a Frontend Developer: Grunt, RequireJS, Bower and other Tools
PDF
WordPress mit Composer und Git verwalten
PDF
HTTPS + Let's Encrypt
PDF
Fast Paced Drupal 8: Accelerating Development with Composer, Drupal Console a...
PDF
Html5 intro
PPTX
WordPress Structure and Best Practices
PDF
Web development automatisation for fun and profit (Artem Daniliants)
PDF
Mehr Performance für WordPress - WordCamp Köln
PDF
PHP SA 2014 - Releasing Your Open Source Project
PDF
Mastering Grunt
PDF
Write your first WordPress plugin
PDF
The wp config.php
PDF
Contributing to WordPress Core - Peter Wilson
PDF
Phing i Fabric - Budowanie i deployment aplikacji webowych
PDF
Ako na vlastne WP temy
KEY
Advanced WordPress Development Environments
PDF
Scrip queue tree
Bower - A package manager for the web
WordPress Performance optimization
Cool like a Frontend Developer: Grunt, RequireJS, Bower and other Tools
WordPress mit Composer und Git verwalten
HTTPS + Let's Encrypt
Fast Paced Drupal 8: Accelerating Development with Composer, Drupal Console a...
Html5 intro
WordPress Structure and Best Practices
Web development automatisation for fun and profit (Artem Daniliants)
Mehr Performance für WordPress - WordCamp Köln
PHP SA 2014 - Releasing Your Open Source Project
Mastering Grunt
Write your first WordPress plugin
The wp config.php
Contributing to WordPress Core - Peter Wilson
Phing i Fabric - Budowanie i deployment aplikacji webowych
Ako na vlastne WP temy
Advanced WordPress Development Environments
Scrip queue tree
Ad

Viewers also liked (20)

PPTX
5 things STILL! TOO! HARD! in Plone 5
DOCX
PPSX
¿Preparado para el 15 de enero?
PPTX
Circuitos eléctricos
PPTX
Networking Fundamentals
PDF
PDF
Kim Lankshear portfolio
PDF
Catalogo de productos Opinat
DOCX
Sitios de internet que utilizan el comercio electronico como herramienta prin...
PDF
Mg54 imagina + (negocios digialtes)
DOCX
Jim Kaskade Biography
PDF
Tallerpaja
PPTX
Fiestas populares de españa kevin bustamante
PDF
Nachhaltigkeit Sinn Werte und CSR in Unternehmen
PDF
Revista huilloz 2013
PDF
Agenda kundentag2010
PDF
30 sessions web. Síntesis EN
PDF
Revista aprendespanol num2
PPT
Plan estratégico concepto
PPTX
Gsec corporate presentation 0315
5 things STILL! TOO! HARD! in Plone 5
¿Preparado para el 15 de enero?
Circuitos eléctricos
Networking Fundamentals
Kim Lankshear portfolio
Catalogo de productos Opinat
Sitios de internet que utilizan el comercio electronico como herramienta prin...
Mg54 imagina + (negocios digialtes)
Jim Kaskade Biography
Tallerpaja
Fiestas populares de españa kevin bustamante
Nachhaltigkeit Sinn Werte und CSR in Unternehmen
Revista huilloz 2013
Agenda kundentag2010
30 sessions web. Síntesis EN
Revista aprendespanol num2
Plan estratégico concepto
Gsec corporate presentation 0315
Ad

Similar to The goodies of zope, pyramid, and plone (2) (20)

PDF
web2py:Web development like a boss
PDF
Pres Db2 native rest json and z/OS connect
PDF
Web Components With Rails
PDF
Cloud meets Fog & Puppet A Story of Version Controlled Infrastructure
PDF
Porting legacy apps to Griffon
PDF
Plugin-based software design with Ruby and RubyGems
PDF
Implementing new WebAPIs
PDF
Implementing New Web
PDF
Porting Rails Apps to High Availability Systems
PDF
Node azure
PPTX
Googleappengineintro 110410190620-phpapp01
KEY
node.js: Javascript's in your backend
PDF
PPTX
Python at Facebook
PDF
Headless Drupal en pratique
PDF
Hopping in clouds: a tale of migration from one cloud provider to another
PDF
Puppet at Opera Sofware - PuppetCamp Oslo 2013
PDF
Creating a modern web application using Symfony API Platform, ReactJS and Red...
PPTX
FP - Découverte de Play Framework Scala
PPTX
Building native Android applications with Mirah and Pindah
web2py:Web development like a boss
Pres Db2 native rest json and z/OS connect
Web Components With Rails
Cloud meets Fog & Puppet A Story of Version Controlled Infrastructure
Porting legacy apps to Griffon
Plugin-based software design with Ruby and RubyGems
Implementing new WebAPIs
Implementing New Web
Porting Rails Apps to High Availability Systems
Node azure
Googleappengineintro 110410190620-phpapp01
node.js: Javascript's in your backend
Python at Facebook
Headless Drupal en pratique
Hopping in clouds: a tale of migration from one cloud provider to another
Puppet at Opera Sofware - PuppetCamp Oslo 2013
Creating a modern web application using Symfony API Platform, ReactJS and Red...
FP - Découverte de Play Framework Scala
Building native Android applications with Mirah and Pindah

More from Dylan Jay (7)

ODP
Surviving an earthquake's worth of traffic
ODP
Buildout: How to maintain big app stacks without losing your mind
ODP
Opps I deployed it again-ploneconf2010
ODP
Opps i deployed it again
ODP
Plone for python programmers
ODP
TestBrowser Driven Development: How to get bulletproof code from lazy developers
PPT
How to host an app for $20 in 20min using buildout and hostout
Surviving an earthquake's worth of traffic
Buildout: How to maintain big app stacks without losing your mind
Opps I deployed it again-ploneconf2010
Opps i deployed it again
Plone for python programmers
TestBrowser Driven Development: How to get bulletproof code from lazy developers
How to host an app for $20 in 20min using buildout and hostout

Recently uploaded (20)

PDF
A comparative analysis of optical character recognition models for extracting...
PPTX
OMC Textile Division Presentation 2021.pptx
PDF
Getting Started with Data Integration: FME Form 101
PDF
Encapsulation_ Review paper, used for researhc scholars
PPTX
Digital-Transformation-Roadmap-for-Companies.pptx
PDF
NewMind AI Weekly Chronicles - August'25-Week II
PDF
Univ-Connecticut-ChatGPT-Presentaion.pdf
PDF
Per capita expenditure prediction using model stacking based on satellite ima...
PDF
Architecting across the Boundaries of two Complex Domains - Healthcare & Tech...
PPTX
Spectroscopy.pptx food analysis technology
PDF
Machine learning based COVID-19 study performance prediction
PDF
Advanced methodologies resolving dimensionality complications for autism neur...
PDF
Encapsulation theory and applications.pdf
PPT
Teaching material agriculture food technology
PDF
Assigned Numbers - 2025 - Bluetooth® Document
PDF
TokAI - TikTok AI Agent : The First AI Application That Analyzes 10,000+ Vira...
PDF
A comparative study of natural language inference in Swahili using monolingua...
PDF
MIND Revenue Release Quarter 2 2025 Press Release
PDF
7 ChatGPT Prompts to Help You Define Your Ideal Customer Profile.pdf
PPTX
SOPHOS-XG Firewall Administrator PPT.pptx
A comparative analysis of optical character recognition models for extracting...
OMC Textile Division Presentation 2021.pptx
Getting Started with Data Integration: FME Form 101
Encapsulation_ Review paper, used for researhc scholars
Digital-Transformation-Roadmap-for-Companies.pptx
NewMind AI Weekly Chronicles - August'25-Week II
Univ-Connecticut-ChatGPT-Presentaion.pdf
Per capita expenditure prediction using model stacking based on satellite ima...
Architecting across the Boundaries of two Complex Domains - Healthcare & Tech...
Spectroscopy.pptx food analysis technology
Machine learning based COVID-19 study performance prediction
Advanced methodologies resolving dimensionality complications for autism neur...
Encapsulation theory and applications.pdf
Teaching material agriculture food technology
Assigned Numbers - 2025 - Bluetooth® Document
TokAI - TikTok AI Agent : The First AI Application That Analyzes 10,000+ Vira...
A comparative study of natural language inference in Swahili using monolingua...
MIND Revenue Release Quarter 2 2025 Press Release
7 ChatGPT Prompts to Help You Define Your Ideal Customer Profile.pdf
SOPHOS-XG Firewall Administrator PPT.pptx

The goodies of zope, pyramid, and plone (2)

  • 1. The goodies that Zope begat Pyramid, Plone, buildout + more Dylan Jay @djay75
  • 2. Who am I? Dylan Jay Core Plone Contributor 1995 First web app (ISAPI) 1999 Built first e-commerce site (zope) 2003 Built first startup (IntroVino) 2004 Started PretaWeb/PretaGov (Plone0
  • 3. Reasons for this talk History "Those who don't learn from history are doomed to add it as a feature of their framework" Better choices There is no perfect framework, only a perfect mess when you pick wrong Reuse
  • 4. The goodies 1. Traversal 2. ZODB 3. ZTK Adapters 4. Sprints 5. Pyramid 6. Buildout 7. Plone + the customisation cliff 8. Diazo 9. RobotFramework - RobotSuite
  • 5. Python family tree(web) Zope (1996-) ZTK (BlueBream) (2004-) Pylons/TurboGears (2005-2010)Django (2005-) Flask (2010-) RoR (2004-) Plone (1999-) BFG (2008-2010) CGI (1993-) httpd (1990-) NikolaPyramid (2010-)
  • 6. Zope - wtf was that about? Back in 1996 ● webserver = path to file ● cgi = path to script + args ● OO - was very big ● Jim Fulton was on a plane traversal = path to object + '/' + method zope = zope object publishing environment
  • 7. Goodie #1 - Traversal response = traverse(root, HTTP_PATH.split('/'), request) def traverse(context, path, request): if len(path) == 0: return context(request) elif len(path) == 1: view_method = getattr( context, path[0] ) return view_method(request) else: sub_context = context[ path[0] ] return traverse( sub_context, path[1:], request)
  • 8. Traversal - why? Good for CMS plugins cooperating webapps complex apps TraversalRoutes /A/B/C/myaction/myaction/id123 distributedcentrally defined Good for relational single use apps
  • 9. Goodie #2: ZODB ● Want to store something non relational? ● Want to store something non key-value? ● Got complex object structures? Use Object persistence
  • 10. ZODB: The piss easy DB $ easyinstall ZODB db = DB( FileStorage.FileStorage('./Data.fs') ) connection = db.open() dbroot = connection.root() transaction.commit() db.close() dbroot['a_number'] = 3 dbroot['a_string'] = 'Gift' dbroot['a_list'] = [1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 12] dbroot['a_dictionary'] = { 1918: 'Red Sox', 1919: 'Reds' } dbroot['deeply_nested'] = { 1918: [ ('Red Sox', 4), ('Cubs', 2) ], 1919: [ ('Reds', 5), ('White Sox', 3) ], }
  • 11. ZODB: simple but powerful ● transactions - multiversion concurrency control (MVCC) ● scalability across a network (using ZEO) ● replication (using ZRS or relstorage) ● history/undo ● transparently pluggable storage ● built-in caching ● Blob support
  • 13. Adapters: why? ● Solves how to plug complex software together ● Better than Object Orientation ● Perfect for overridable software ● Perfect for plugin architecture ● ZTK - ZCA - Zope3 == Adapters
  • 14. ZTK Adapters class IUSPlug(zope.interface): prongs = Attribute("""number of prongs""") class Motox(object): implements(IUSPlug) prongs = 2 class INZPlug(zope.interface): prongs = Attribute("""number of prongs""")
  • 15. ZTK Adapters class ACPowerAdapter(object): implements(INZPlug) adapts(IUSPlug) def __init__(self, plug): self.prongs = plug.prongs + 1 self.voltage = 240 registry.registerAdapter(ACPowerAdapter)
  • 16. ZTK Adapters >>> myphone = MotoX() >>> myphone.prongs == 3 False >>> adaptedphone = INZPlug(myphone) >>> adaptedphone.prongs == 3 True
  • 17. Goodie #4: Sprints “The practice of using sprints for open source software development was pioneered by the Zope Corporation in the early days of the Zope 3 project. Between January 2002 and January 2006, more than 30 Zope 3 sprints had taken place.[citation needed]” Plone Pacific Rim Sprint 14-15 Sept
  • 18. Goodie #5 Pyramid Zope (1996-) ZTK (BlueBream) (2004-) Pylons/TurboGears (2005-2010)Django (2005-) Flask (2010-) RoR (2004-) Plone (1999-) BFG (2008-2010) CGI (1993-) httpd (1990-) NikolaPyramid (2010-)
  • 19. Pyramid: It's micro! from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server from pyramid.view import view_config from pyramid.config import Configurator if __name__ == '__main__': config = Configurator() config.add_route('hello', '/hello/{name}') config.scan() app = config.make_wsgi_app() server = make_server('0.0.0.0', 8080, app) server.serve_forever() @view_config(route_name='hello', renderer='json') def hello_world(request): return {'content':'Hello %(name)s!' % request.matchdict}
  • 20. Pyramid: worst name ever Pyramid (the structure) Pyramid (the framework) Start big - End small Start small - End big Ancient Best of breed Unchanging over time Extensible & Flexible
  • 21. Pyramid: a "micro & more" Framework ● a declarative authorization system ● extensibility: aggregate Pyramid application configuration from multiple sources ● separate I18N translation string factories ● reuse: "Interface" based view/subscriber registrations ● optionally map URLs to code using traversal
  • 22. Pyramid: routes vs. traversal: why not both? from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server from pyramid.config import Configurator from pyramid.response import Response class Resource(dict): pass def get_root(request): return Resource({'a': Resource({'b': Resource({'c': Resource()})})}) def hello_world_of_resources(context, request): output = "Here's a resource and its children: %s" % context return Response(output) if __name__ == '__main__': config = Configurator(root_factory=get_root) config.add_view(hello_world_of_resources, context=Resource) app = config.make_wsgi_app() server = make_server('0.0.0.0', 8080, app) server.serve_forever()
  • 23. Goodie #6: buildout buildout - what you get if you put make, puppet, python, pip, virtualenv into a blender
  • 24. Buildout ● uses recipes - python packages that know how to build other things ○ like puppet ● automated dependencies ○ like Make ● recipes download and install python packages into your environment ○ like PIP/easy_install ● everything gets installed into a local directory isolated from your system ○ like virtualenv
  • 25. Buildout is like... you need it when - you’re on tour (deploy different places) - very different components
  • 26. Goodie #7: Plone 300+ core contributors 400+ plugins 1000+ commits/month 5-8 sprints per year 1 Plone foundation 1-2 CVE's/year
  • 28. Plone Plone step 1: Install wget --no-check-certificate https://launchpad. net/plone/4.3/4.3.1/+download/Plone-4.3.1- UnifiedInstaller.tgz # Extract the downloaded file tar -xf Plone-4.3-UnifiedInstaller.tgz # Go the folder containing installer script cd Plone-4.3-UnifiedInstaller # Run script ./install.sh standalone cd ~/Plone/zinstance bin/instance fg
  • 29. Plone: #2 Add content Plone Step 2: Add content
  • 30. Plone Step 3: Add plugins $ nano buildout.cfg [instance] ... eggs = Products.PloneFormGen collective.recaptcha $ bin/buildout $ bin/instance fg
  • 31. Plone Step 4: Theme it
  • 32. Framework vs CMS start with a blank page start with fully featured site build up customise down good for "app" sites good for "content" sites others can edit Framework CMS startup tool agency tool risk reinventing the wheel risk hitting customisation cliff dev has full control shared control, editors, admin, dev, themer
  • 33. Content Editor Site Admin Separation of concerns Backend devFrontend dev / Themer Integrator Reviewer
  • 35. An app/startup Backend devFrontend dev / Themer Django/Pyramid
  • 37. Large content site PluginsThemes Frontend dev / Themer Content Editor Site Admin Integrator Reviewer Enterprise CMS
  • 38. Web consultancy Plugins Frontend dev / Themer Content Editor Site Admin Integrator CMS/Framework
  • 40. Goodie #8: Diazo - Ultimate in code - html seperation - templates without altering your html - allows designer to work on html while you work on the code - round trip
  • 41. Diazo.org 1. app with very simple html - "content" 2. create mockups in html of how you want the pages to really look - "theme" 3. create a rules.xml. 4. Compile it to single XSLT file, 5. execute it in middleware
  • 42. Goodie #9: RobotFramework what you get when you put python, selenum and BDD into a blender
  • 44. RobotFramework ● Not invented by Plone/Zope (Nokia did) ● but robotsuite was ● Used to test Plone ● Automated screenshots for user manuals