[Zope-dev] COMMENTS REQUESTED: Zope Product Guidelines

Chris McDonough chrism@digicool.com
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 11:37:52 -0500


Martijn,

Sorry, I will comment when time allows.... 

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> Monday I posted the Zope product guidelines to the net. It's here:
> 
> http://www.zope.org/Members/faassen/product_guidelines
> 
> Structured text source is here:
> 
> http://www.zope.org/Members/faassen/product_guidelines_stx
> 
> Don't cheer yet; this document is *not* complete. In fact, it's a mere
> skeleton, containing (loosely categorized) my questions.
> 
> I'd like to see some discussion on the various issues raised in the
> document on this list. I'd also like to see contributions to the doc.
> Either more questions, or an attempt at actual answers.
> 
> Since the answers will set guidelines and standards, it's unlikely an
> answer will be accepted without at least some discussion by the
> community. So let's please discuss.
> 
> For starters, let's try to identify some common tabs in Zope, and their
> use. For instance:
> 
> edit tab - use this to edit instance specific data that is not a
> property. (this is incorrect. The title and other properties can often
> be edited on the edit tab). How to improve this phrasing?
> 
> properties tab - you can only use this to display the standard Zope
> properties screen, here's how:
> 
> from OFS.PropertyManager import PropertyManager
> 
> # now include PropertyManager as a base class
> 
> # now include in manage_options
> 
> {'label':'Properties', 'action':'manage_propertiesForm'},
> 
> proxy tab
> 
> security tab
> 
> test tab
> 
> view tab
> 
> others?
> 
> Suggested tab orders?
> 
> Let's get this discussion going!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Martijn
> 
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