[Ldsoss] Plone on Zope

[pat eyler]

If you're still looking at doing comparisons, you might also think
about Ruby on Rails, since there's a growing contingent of Rails/Ruby
folks within the church

On 3/5/07, m h <sesquile at gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't had much direct experience with Plone, and the last time I
> used Zope was some 7 years ago (incidentally for a ward website).  But
> I am involved with various python communities and the question of
> Plone is brought up quite often.
>
> Then common response is: "use the right tool for the job".  So to
> expand on that, if plone gives you 50-70% of what you need, then
> perhaps it is the right tool.  If plone doesn't give you much, then
> the correct tool might be to create your own tool.  The common
> knowledge is that one you try to do something fancy in Plone, things
> get hard pretty quickly and you have a steep learning curve.  (Which
> is why a year ago at pycon, Plone founders were touting that it is
> easy to make a living doing plone, because so many people need
> customizations that require a lower level understanding of the
> python/zope underpinnings of Plone).  Perhaps Drupal might give you
> similar functionality or moreso (depending on how much is provided by
> plugins), and how much you need to create yourself.
>
> I'd probably pull up Plone and perhaps Drupal and see how far they can
> get you.  Your problem description was a little vague....  If you find
> that they don't give you much of what you want and if you are wed to
> python (which is a smart choice IMNHO), consider using a python web
> framework.  I don't think you can go wrong with Django, TurboGears or
> Pylons.  Django is used to create CMS's and you can get up and running
> quite quickly.  Pylons and TG are more flexible, the main difference
> between them being that Pylons is looking like what TG will be in
> future editions, but TG has a bigger community around it.
>
> Good luck.
>
> -matt
>
> On 3/5/07, Gordon Clarke <clarkegj at ldschurch.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Does any one have oppinions and more importantly experience with Plone on
> > Zope?
> >
> > The church is considering building a Research knowledge-base using these
> > tools.
> >
> > Please send your comments and experience with these tools.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gordon Clarke
> > FamilySearch DevNet Manager
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