[Zope3-Users] Zope 3 Ready for Production? Really?

David Johnson djohnson at jsatech.com
Sat Jan 14 11:51:29 EST 2006


I know I've asked this before, but I still have to question whether Zope 3
is ready for a production environment.  I REALLY do not wish to be
difficult, and I love the concept of Zope 3.  I think it may be the greatest
thing since Linux.  

 

The documentation is not well defined, which makes deployment dangerous
because one may produce an application that does not conform to future
releases of Zope.  Configuration is done through a series of configuration
files, which are easily broken and difficult to traverse.  If the
configuration is damaged in someway through a mistake or other reason, the
server will not restart until it is fixed, which presents serious challenges
in a production environment - in the heat of the moment, wading through
errors is not trivial, especially for the non-Zope experienced system admin
who will be on call at 2:00 AM.  The errors are difficult to comprehend and
do not easily point out where problems lie.  Once problems are found it is
difficult to understand what they mean.  

 

I can only find one semi real-world Zope 3 example (the SIP application),
and it does not even run under Zope 3.2; while I've been able to wade
through and fix many errors, I continue to get more as the interfaces and
standards keep changing. Even the current i18n facility does not seem to
work properly, editing messages frequently gives errors and does not update
properly.  Errors in general seem to give unexplainable results.

 

I do see many advantages to Zope 3 and I am willing to tolerate a lot
because of those advantages, but it seems like it not quite polished yet,
and there may be some architectural issues that are problematic for
real-world use.  

 

Has anyone produced a significant application in Zope 3? Has it been
relatively bug-free?  Has it integrated with an RDBMS?

 

 

 

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David Johnson

djohnson at jsatech.com

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Fort Worth, TX 76102

(877) 572-8324 x2200

 

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