[Zope-dev] ASP pages in Zope

[Tino Wildenhain]

Hi Net0,

I'm afraid it does not work. Theoreticaly someone could easy write
an ASP emulator for Zope. But I dont think this will happen since
Zope with PythonScripts, External Methods, PageTemplates and even the
good old DTML is much more powerful then ASP. Things like session
management need some more work, however, but there are some products
available as well.

If you really need Unicode, you should aim for Zope 2.4, since it
comes (and depends on) python 2.1.

If you change your application according to the specials of Zope,
you get the great chance of reimplementation. Which should be done
for every substantial software product from time to time to match
the changed needs and get a clear, straight solution.

Take the time and learn Python (it does not hurt, really ;-) and what
zope can do for you. Try to forget all, I mean all about your ASP
coding! (Sure, you can use python in ASP as well ;)

Write down what your application is supposed to do rather then converting
the source. You will find the reintegration goes much quicker then the
first solution you had.

HTH
Tino Wildenhain

--On Sonntag, 22. Juli 2001 22:30 -0700 Netzero <singhera1@home.com> wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
>  We are new to Zope so bear with these simple questions.
>
>  We have a site developed in ASP and we are exploring the possibility of
> using a Zope like environment for future enhancements. We have the
> following questions:
> - Is there a way to reliably import ASP or Java files into Zope
> environment as Zope objects?  - Does Zope support editing and viewing of
> ASP files, especially when multilingual character sets are involved?  -
> Can Zope support unit testing of ASP files?
> - Is it possible that we can generate static snapshot of the ASP site in
> Zope by using a tool like zMirror or wget. Will Zope or one of its
> product be able to execute ASP and get data from DB and generate static
> HTML files.
> We have a feeling that this kind of thinking is in contrast to the basic
> Zope paradigm but we thought of asking the gurus anyway. Any feedback
> will be highly appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> - Singhera