Python, Plone and Zope¶
Description
The basics of Python programming, and performing Python interpreter installations.
Python Tutorials¶
- Official Python tutorial: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/
- Google Python classes: http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/
Plone and Zope resources¶
Plone resources¶
- Plone Cheat Sheet. A single list of every technology you need to learn to develop with plone, why you need it and how to learn it. A bit out of date, but a good overview nonetheless.
- Plone Trac contains bug reports, Plone source code and commits. Useful when you encounter a new exception or you are looking for a reference how to use the API.
- Plone source code in version control system.
Zope resources¶
Zope 3 API reference. Good source for up-to-date Zope Python API and ZCML references.
Zope 2 book. This describes old Zope 2 technologies. The book is mostly good for explaining some old things, but '''do not''' use it as a reference for building new things.
The chapters on Zope Page Templates however are still the best reference on the topic.
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Installing Python¶
It is not recommended to use the system-wide Python installation with Plone. There are various reasons for this:
- Plone may require newer or older package versions, which could conflict with ones installed by your operating system.
- Installing packages to the system-wide Python installation always requires root privileges, and you could easily hose your box when doing Python development work.
- You may want to work on different Plone instances, with different versions of Zope and different sets of modules installed.
Plone Unified Installers compile their own, preconfigured, Python interpreter.
If you are a developer, you might wish to use a custom-built Python interpreter, which gives you more control over the configuration.
