[Zope3-dev] PythonProgrammerTutorial

[Jim Fulton]

Paul Everitt wrote:
> 
> For gosh sakes, is somebody going to capture this stuff as it goes by?
> These are good questions and answers.

That would be great, especially if it isn't me.
It's all I can do to be responsive. :)

Has somebody added Shane's FAQ to the Wiki? Maybe somebody can help
out by adding Q&As to that as they come up.

Jim

> Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
> > sean.bowman@acm.org wrote:
> >
> >>hello,
> >>
> >>this is very exciting stuff!  I have a few questions.
> >>
> >>It seems some stuff that used to be done with acquisition is now sometimes
> >>handled in an xml configuration file, for example, associating a (possibly
> >>default) view with some object.
> >>
> >
> > Acquisition is still used for looking up software. The configuration
> > file is just used for globally registered components. There will also
> > be services for managing components through the web. When you lookup a
> > component, the lookup will be done in a "place-full" way, where
> > place is expressed via an access context that is effectively the
> > same as an acquisition context.
> >
> >
> >>What does that together with the move
> >>away from implicit acquisition mean for TTW development?  Can I still whip
> >>up a presentation template TTW and view my content object with it
> >>
> >
> > Yes. The prfered model will be very similar to that used for CMF skins
> > today. You'll be able to create presentation components TTW and register
> > them for object interface (kinds of object) and associate them with
> > skins.
> >
> > You will also have the option of creating templates in the content space
> > if you want, although, if the content you use doesn't do implicit
> > acquisition, then the templates will only be usable in the folders that
> > contain them.
> >
> >
> >>(without any nasty urls)?
> >>
> >
> > Is a URL like:
> >
> >   http://foo.com/engineering/edit;view/action.html
> >
> > really "nasty"? Isn't that just a tad strong? :)
> >
> > In any case, if you choose to, you can configure you site
> > to not require explicit namespaces if you can deal with
> > namespace comflicts in other ways.
> >
> >
> >>Can I allow for the possibility of somebody overriding
> >>my filesystem based product's "view" presentation template TTW?
> >>
> >
> > Absolutely. There will be TTW presentation services and you'll
> > be able to override file-system presentation components with TTW
> > components.
> >
> >
> >>I think ExplicitNamespaceControlInURLs on the wiki says something about
> >>this, but I can't exactly figure out what :)  Also, I'd sorta like some
> >>reassurance that we aren't going to have to use any ugly gross urls -- I
> >>think a great strength of Zope is that it lets me name resources (via
> >>urls) in a logical and consistent manner.
> >>
> >
> > You won't have to use semocolons in URLs (although the ZMI might
> > in some cases).
> >
> > Jim
> >
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