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= Motivation =

Creating zope3 applications is no easy task. This document comes out of a desire to help
build a zope3 user community in support of SchoolTool and the CanDo competency tracking
application which is being built on top of SchoolTool.

The goal here is to keep things as simple as possible. Zope3 is extremely complex, and the
learning curve is steep to say the least. I'm assuming that the aspiring zope3 developer
here will be using Ubuntu Breezy (or Dapper), and running their zope instance from their home
directly on port 8080.

= Installation =

There is a bug in the zope3 package (Bug #24173 in zope3 (Ubuntu): "zope3 mkzopeinstance does not keep user id")
that prevents this from being an easy process.

As root:
  0. make sure you have the following packages installed ({{{apt-get install subversion make gcc python-dev libc6-dev}}}):
    * subversion
    * make
    * gcc
    * python-dev
    * libc6-dev
  0. {{{cd /usr/local/src}}}
  0. {{{svn co svn://svn.zope.org/repos/main/Zope3/trunk Zope3}}}
  0. {{{cd Zope3}}}
  0. {{{make}}}
  0. {{{python test.py -v}}} (to run all the tests. note use {{{python test.py -vpf1}}} if a test fails and you want to know which one.)
  0. {{{ln -s /usr/local/src/Zope3/bin/mkzopeinstance /usr/local/bin/mkzopeinstance}}}

As the developer:
  0. {{{cd ~}}} (to get to your home directory)
  0. {{{mkzopeinstance}}}
  0. For {{{Directory:}}} we will be using {{{zope3}}} in the user's home directory ({{{/home/<username>/zope3}}}).
  0. Choose a username for the initial administrator account.
  0. Select a password manager from among: Plain Text, MD5, and SHA1. (Text is least secure, SHA1 is most secure).
  0. Enter your password twice.

You should now have a {{{zope3}}} directory inside your home directory containing an
instance of zope3.

= Starting zope =

As the developer from your home directory, there are two easy ways to start your zope3 instance:
  0. {{{./zope3/bin/runzope}}}
  0. {{{./zope3/bin/zopectl start}}}

'''Note:''' You will need to execute {{{runzope}}} the first time as the root user to get around permission problems. Do the following (assuming {{{zopeuser}}} is the user who installed the zope instance:

As root:
  0. {{{# /home/zopeuser/zope3/bin/runzope}}}
  0. {{{<ctrl>-c }}} (to stop the zope instance).
  0. {{{# chown -R zopeuser:zopeuser /home/zopeuser/zope3}}}

Use should now be able to run your zope intance as {{{zopeuser}}}.

For testing new code use {{{runzope}}}. Messages and debugging information will
applear in the console, and you will be able to see when zope fails to start.
Keep in mind that when using {{{runzope}}} the application server will stop when
you close the terminal from which it is run, so to keep the server running
use {{{zopectl start}}}.

= External Documentation =

 0. http://www.treefernwebservices.co.nz/hello.html
 0. http://zissue.berlios.de/z3/hello.swf
 0. http://www.benjiyork.com/quick_start/
 0. http://zissue.berlios.de/z3/Zope3In30Minutes.html
 0. http://worldcookery.com/files/jeffshell-todo
 0. http://python.taupro.com/Zope3Notes/HowToContentComponent
 0. http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/pyBiblio/zope3

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