Welcome to worldcookery.com!

Sorry to disappoint you if you expected a website with international cooking recipes. This website run by Philipp von Weitershausen is about documentation on the web application server Zope. Philipp is a Zope core developer, freelance consultant, and the author of Web Component Development with Zope 3, a standard textbook on Zope. To find out more, read about the book and its author or one of the Zope 3 Appetizers.

Why "World Cookery?"

The example content management application that is developed throughout the book is called World Cookery. It is supposed to drive a website that manages cooking recipes from around the world.

What others said about the 2nd edition:

"a great improvement on the first book" -- Martin Aspeli, Plone framework team member

"amazingly welcoming, clear and thorough" -- Gary Poster, Zope Corporation

"a must-have for all Zope 2 and Zope 3 developers ... the best Zope book published ever" -- Andreas Jung, Zope 2 release manager

What others said about the 1st ed.:

"a well-written, well-organized solution" -- Paul Everitt, President of the Plone Foundation

"one of the best technology books" -- Joel Burton, Plone Bootcamps training instructor

"Philipp's book is excellent." -- Amos Latteier, co-author of The Zope Book

Feedback

Found typos or errata? Don't hesitate letting Philipp know what you think about the book or this website. He appreciates every kind of feedback. You can reach him at philikon@philikon.de.

If you're having technical problems with Zope 3, no matter whether they're related to the book's examples or not, consider sending a message to the Zope 3 Users mailinglist (you will have to subscribe before you may post). Philipp and other experts from the Zope community read this list frequently and are happy to answer questions.

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Jun 13, 2008: Zope 3 training in Pennsylvania coming up!
Pennsylvania State University is hosting a Zope 3 training July 14 thru 18 (yes, that's only a month away!). I'm excited to be in the U.S. for a Zope training once again and am looking forward to seeing you there! I'm also excited to give an updated version of my training for the first time, now covering Grok and other novelties from the Zope world! Read more.

Nov 15, 2007: 3rd edition ready for Christmas!
It's official! The third edition of "Web Component Development with Zope3" will ship (in Europe) just before Christmas, according to the publisher Springer-Verlag. Releasing a new edition had become necessary since the second edition has been selling like hotcakes and is almost sold out now. Many thanks to everybody who bought the book! Read more.

Sep 14, 2007: Only fews days left: Zope 3 trainings in Austria and Norway
Lovely Systems spontaneously decided to host a 3-day Zope 3 training, the Lovely Zope 3 Taming, at their Austrian headquarters in Dornbirn next week (19-21 September). If that's too soon for you, you'll be happy to hear that there are still some seats left for the 4-day training in Oslo, Norway during the first week of October (1-4 October). Read more.

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