Comment Zope vs. Php (Re:What about Zope?) (Score 1) 168
Php and Zope are two different sort of things. I would call Zope an application server. I wouldn't call PHP an application server, although you can do a lot of the same things with it.
I use PHP, and I am looking at using Zope, and I can see places where both have strengths. In a lot of ways, it is a difference between some sort of templating system/server-side scripting system (Php, Perl-with-your-favorite-modules, SSI, etc.) vs. an integrated serving package like Zope.
Whether you prefer the former or the latter I would think depends on a) how much you enjoy programming and b) whether the content development is being done by one person, or is heavily distributed. Packages like Zope tend to insulate you from coding (at least until you need to go beyond the basic packages), and are usually built to facilitate heavily distributed content management.
I use PHP, and I am looking at using Zope, and I can see places where both have strengths. In a lot of ways, it is a difference between some sort of templating system/server-side scripting system (Php, Perl-with-your-favorite-modules, SSI, etc.) vs. an integrated serving package like Zope.
Whether you prefer the former or the latter I would think depends on a) how much you enjoy programming and b) whether the content development is being done by one person, or is heavily distributed. Packages like Zope tend to insulate you from coding (at least until you need to go beyond the basic packages), and are usually built to facilitate heavily distributed content management.
