• Everything from ZClasses and debugging to programming Zope with Python.

Zope, the leading Open Source Web application server, helps teams of developers create and manage dynamic, Web-based business applications like Intranets and portals. Zope makes it easy to add features such as site search, news, personalization, and e-commerce. The Book of Zope is a comprehensive introduction to Zope, covering installation; DTML programming; concepts such as users, roles, and permissions; ZClasses; ZCatalog; databases; programming Zope with Python; debugging; and the use of external data sources. Zope runs on Windows and almost all Unix-based platforms, and includes its own Web server, transactional object-oriented database, search engine, Web page templating system, Web development and management tool, and comprehensive extension support.

• Read Chapter 11: The ZCatalog
• Download the example ZClass bookstore application created in Chapter 10 of the book

Berlin and Washington D.C.-based BEEHIVE (www.beehive.de) develops and supports many Zope-based applications for leading European and North American companies, startups and governmental organizations.