Posts for zope
Python, Unicode and UnicodeDecodeError
In the years I've been developing in Python, Unicode seems to be the topic which causes the greatest amount of confusion amongst developers. Hopefully much of this confusion should go away in Python 3, for reasons I'll come to at the end; but until then, the UnicodeDecodeError is the bane of many developers' lives.
Blob support in the ZODB with ZEO
There's not a lot of documentation out there about ZODB blobs and how you configure a buildout with blob support in both ZEO and non-ZEO configurations for a pure Zope 3 application.
Creating a Python 2.4, Plone and Zope Development Environment on Mac OS X Leopard
Compiling Python, Zope and Plone on Leopard isn't as easy as it is on Linux. Here's a walkthrough of the process, from a bare Leopard install right through to having a working Plone 3 development environment, using paster and buildout.
Adapters in Django and the Revenge of Zope
Using Zope 3's component architecture can significantly reduce dependencies between applications within a Django project. Why stand on the shoulders of one giant, when you can stand on the shoulders of two?
IOError: [Errno 6] Device not configured
A cryptic error message on Zope startup, but with a simple solution
Adaptation 1.0.0 released!
Adaptation 1.0.0 has been released. Adaptation provides Zope 3 style adapter registries and lookup for the .NET framework.
Adaptation - adapters for .NET
I've started work on Adaptation, a small framework to implement adapter registries and object adaption in .NET. It's based (as far as C# allows) on the adapter functionality in Zope 3.
