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Zope 3 Tutorial: Scope and Outline
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Target Audience
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- Beginners with basic knowledge of Python
- May know other frameworks (not mandatory)
- Know basic HTML and other web technologies


Aims
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- Introduce the core technologies
- Create and enthusiasm to learn Zope 3
- Ready to run application at the end of each part
- Create a feeling that something worth is done
- Introduce concepts in parallel


Zope 3 Technologies to cover
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- Interfaces
- Component architecture
- Development process (TDD, doctests etc.)
- Unit testing
- ZCML
- Views
- Skin


Modules to cover
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- zope.interface
- zope.component (indirectly)
- zope.schema
- zope.formlib
- zope.testing
- zope.testbrowser


Application preference
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- Message board
- Issue tracker
- CMS
- Blog
- Wiki


General Structure
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- Multi part (Part 1, Part 2 etc.)
- Short URLs:

- http://www.zope.org/docs/tut1.html
- http://www.zope.org/docs/tut2.html
- http://www.zope.org/docs/tut3.html

- No pictures
(A screen cast based on this can be created)


Other considerations
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- should not be too formal, also not too informal
- do not cover all aspects of every problem
- use simple and small sentences


Outline
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Part 1
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Introduction
++++++++++++

Installation
++++++++++++

GNU/Linux
~~~~~~~~~

Windows
~~~~~~~

Make an instance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The ZMI
+++++++

zopectl and other commands
++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Message board application
+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Interfaces
++++++++++

Unit testing
++++++++++++

Implementation
++++++++++++++

Configuration
+++++++++++++

Running application
++++++++++++++++++++


Part 2
******

Introduction
++++++++++++

Views
+++++

Browser view
+++++++++++++

Page template
+++++++++++++

Functional testing
++++++++++++++++++


Part 3
******

Introduction
++++++++++++

Template
++++++++

CSS
+++

Configuration
++++++++++++++

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Here is some tutorials already available, an no two
tutorials following same pattern in introducing the
concepts. So we have to choose a best pattern
or create one.

- http://www.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ComponentArchitecture/ProgrammerTutorial/programmers_tutorial.pdf
- http://worldcookery.com/files/jeffshell-todo
- http://www.benjiyork.com/quick_start/
- http://zissue.berlios.de/z3/Zope3In30Minutes.html

Regards,
Baiju M
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