1. Plone 3 for Developers
Paul Everitt
ZPUG DC, Mar 2007
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2. Introduction
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3. listen, relax, have fun
Everything is at zeapartners.org
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4. Summary
• Plone 3 has great user features
• Exciting dev stuff too
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5. Overview
• Easy dev install with scaffolding
• Useful and simple AJAX with KSS
• User-configurable portlets via Zope 3
• Feature tour
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6. About Plone 3
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7. Getting a sandbox
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8. Demo
Hanno Schlichting Daniel Nouri Rocky Burt
DE NL CA
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9. 2007, A Survey
• Python, eggs, easy_install
• Python and WSGI
• Buildout and workingenv
• Paste for scaffolding
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10. Benefits
• Scaffolding means a fast start
• Taking advantage of Python progress
• Megs and gigs
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11. AJAX with KSS...demo
Godefroid Chapelle Balazs Ree
BE HU
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12. KSS Approach
• “Client actions” dynamics via CSS-style
declarations
• “Server actions” that receive messages and
return “stuff to do”
• Inter-box connections
• PLIP XX, http://xxx
• Godefroid Chapelle (BE) and Balazs Ree (HU)
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13. Client Action Demo
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14. Server Action Demo
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15. KSS Examined
• Tightly integrated into default UI and content
types
• Easy to extend with declarative-style
approach
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16. Configurable Portlets...demo
Martin Aspeli Geir Baekhold
NO/UK NO
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17. Portlets Examined
• Nice connection between UI and
components
• Leverages Zope 3 views
• GenericSetup-friendly
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18. Feature Tour: Linking
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19. Feature Tour: wicked
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20. Feature Tour
• Office indexing
• Versioning
• Staging
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21. Beyond 3.0
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22. Conclusion
http://zeapartners.org/scl
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