I'm a bit surprised that two weeks has gone by without a reply to your post. The short answer from my point of view as an integrator and site manager has been that very little Python is needed for the routine operation of a Plone site.
Every now and then I need to write a snippet of python or a string expression but there usually is a pattern around to match or an example nearby.
I've not worked with Salesforce, but in other development needs, I've been able to let UML do the heavy lifting and get machine generated Python code that is very readable and easy to tweak.
You'll find your CSS skills can go a long way in developing a skin or theme without coding.
Best of luck
highrockmedia wrote:
I'm coming from a Joomla / Drupal background and wondering to what extent I will need to learn Python in order to setup and maintain a Plone site.
My main motivation for choosing Plone is that my client is using SalesForce and it looks like Plone is the leader with integrating a CMS with Salesforce.
My skillset is more with XHTML / CSS front end development but certainly with Joomla, I was always able to dig into the PHP if I needed to to customize a module if needed.
thank you.
Joomla / Drupal background to Plone
