> Hi Tim,
>
>> I've just joined this list, and I'm curious to meet and talk with other
>> zope and python people in NZ. So given that I'm new, I'd really like if
>> people could just reply saying who they are and what they do. I'm real
>> curious to see the extent of work that is being done in python in NZ
[...snip...]
> While I have about 18 months of experience working with the Zope/Plone
> stack I still have weekly issues figuring out what Python code I can and
> cannot use in what context (pardon the pun). I think customising for Zope
> in Python has actually *stunted* my learning Python, given that only a
> subset is allowed within a "Python Script" inside Zope and I didn't
> discover External Methods until a few months ago!
>
> Cheers and welcome :-)
> Russ
>
Hi All,
I suppose I'd best join the crowd :) I'm a big systems guy - I do
contracting work with Windows, Unix, Linux, and have been developing with
Python on and off for the last decade or so. I've been using Plone since
1.something (or maybe it was 0.9? memory begins to fail after a few years
;). Currently as well as systems contracting I provide Zope/Plone/Python
development and webhosting. Probably my most noteworthy project has been
that I developed and implemented a Plone solution for a Large Government
Department for one of the busiest government sites here in NZ, and have
been working with them extending it and using the model to deploy more
sites along the same lines for the last year or two.
In terms of Python code, some sample work is I currently maintain the
ntlmaps project (
http://ntlmaps.sourceforge.net) (although it's been a
quiet year on that front this year - Real Life with baby no#4 has slowed
me down!), and wrote a Python sourcecode obfuscator that has generated a
bit of interest over the last year or two
(
http://pythonhacker.is-a-geek.net/my_programs/pyfuscate).
I agree that Zope/Plone is probably not the best introduction to Python
coding in general. It is a minefield, and, in my opinion, zcml with
Zope3/Five just adds to the mess :)
Anyhow, with any luck I'll be there on Friday at Galbraiths.
regards,
Darryl Dixon
Winterhouse Consulting Ltd
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