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Zope 3 training in Pennsylvania coming up!

2008-06-13T11:51:26.152104+00:00

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!

3rd edition ready for Christmas!

2007-11-15T13:13:57.080578+00:00

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!

Only fews days left: Zope 3 trainings in Austria and Norway

2007-09-14T12:22:55.647095+00:00

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).

Zope 3 training in Oslo coming up

2007-07-31T21:57:48.977188+00:00

It's my pleasure to announce that Bouvet ASA is organizing a Zope 3 training with myself as the trainer in Oslo, Norway this coming October. The training will roughly feature the same topics as the Camp5 training earlier this year, so this is your chance if you couldn't make it there.

Now shipping in North America

2007-02-07T23:04:13.270508+00:00

After a longer than usual delay I'm happy to announce that the 2nd edition is now shipping in the Americas as well. Springer's distribution center in New York is now stocked and is ready to take your online or phone order (don't let the online store confuse you, the book really is shipping now). Within the next days and weeks we can also expect book stores like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. to carry the title. Of course, if you decide to attend my upcoming Camp5 training, you won't have to do anything to get the book delivered to your house.

Attend the Camp 5 training and get the book for free!

2007-01-23T17:02:12.619551+00:00

I'm happy to announce that I'll be giving another 4-day Zope 3 training 10 - 13 March 2007, now for the first time on the North American continent. Like the famous Python and Plone bootcamps from past years, it is organized by the Triangle Zope and Python Users Group (TriZPUG) and takes place at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Read Phillip J. Eby's foreword to the book online

2007-01-04T23:01:01.971082+00:00

A while back I was looking for somebody who could write an interesting foreword for the new edition of my book. At the time, the most exciting new technologies that Zope was embracing were WSGI and Python Eggs, two "inventions" by former Zopista Phillip J. Eby. Obviously I was curious whether his Zope background had anything to do with his current activies and how he looks back on his time with Zope now, so I asked him whether he could write about it. And now you can read it all online on his blog.

2nd edition now shipping!

2006-12-02T15:09:29.690884+00:00

As promised last month, the second edition of "Web Component Development with Zope 3" is now shipping, European readers should receive the book within a few days of their order. In North and South America, the book will be shipping in only a couple of weeks.

2nd edition expected next month!

2006-11-05T23:26:57.209590+00:00

Frequent visitors of this website will have noticed that worldcookery.com underwent some changes over the past weekend. With the 2nd edition of Web Component Development with Zope 3 expected next month, some changes were due.

Lovely Training recap

2006-11-02T16:59:51.548020+00:00

Less than a month ago, the first Lovely Zope 3 Training took place. While quite exhausting, it was also a great experience for me and, I'm pretty sure, the participants.

Philipp on plone.tv

2006-08-29T11:33:52.462802+00:00

Christian Scholz, known in the Plone community for his video coverage of many Plone and Zope related events, interviewed me during the EuroPython 2006 conference at CERN. He now published the 20 minute video online.

You've heard it through the grapevine

2006-08-02T10:41:20.603810+00:00

I'm finally putting an end to all the rumors, questions, beggings, threats... Yes, I'm working on a second edition of Web Component Development with Zope 3.

Philipp to give Zope 3 training in Copenhagen

2006-07-26T09:43:02.479591+00:00

Lovely Systems and Philipp von Weitershausen are happy to announce the arrangement of a "Lovely Zope 3 Training" on 3 thru 6 Oct 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Hungry for more Zope 3? Here are some new appetizers!

2006-06-10T11:39:12.840797+00:00

It's been more than half a year that I started collecting introductory texts for Zope 3 called "appetizers." Hence it's time to take another look around the web for Zope 3-related tutorials and howtos.

Short tutorial on I18n with Five

2005-12-01T18:00:35.967057+00:00

I'm happy to announce that I've finally managed to document the internationalization (i18n) features that Five has brought to the Zope 2 world since version 1.1.

Five tutorial for Plone Developers now online

2005-10-23T03:26:22.868829+00:00

I'm happy to announce that a prose version of the Five for Plone Developers tutorial is now available through the Appetizers section of worldcookery.com. The text is based on a 90 minute tutorial I gave at this year's Plone Conference in Vienna and introduces Five and the Zope 3 concepts in five easy steps.

Zope 3 Appetizers on worldcookery.com

2005-10-15T09:02:29.011742+00:00

I gave worldcookery.com a bit of an overhaul today. The biggest news is that the website now features a new section called "Appetizers" which provides links to entry-level docs about Zope 3, such as Jeffrey Shell's article on a Zope 3 TODO application and Benji York's Quick Start Guide. So, while we're still lacking proper representation of Zope 3 on the community website, worldcookery.com can at least be seen as a comprehensive source on Zope 3 documentation now.

Appendix B is missing a reference page

2005-10-09T16:34:47.951380+00:00

I just realized yesterday that the book's Appendix B is missing the reference page of the ZCML directive. Now, the appendix doesn't claim to be complete (a couple of rarely used and out-of-scope directives aren't covered), but this one is pretty important, especially since it's covered extensively in Chapter 15.

Learning from mistakes, literally

2005-10-09T14:23:19.384524+00:00

Over the last couple of weeks, I learned an important lesson about the value of automatic spellchecking.

Zope 3 at Conferences

2005-09-24T22:18:23.784552+00:00

In the last three months, I went to three interesting Python/Zope conferences in in this part of the world (Europe). My observation: compared to where it was exactly a year ago, Zope 3 is a huge step forward and, of course, so is the book. Here's a little wrapup of what happened at the conferences, strictly from my personal view as a Zope 3 developer and book author.

U.S. release scheduled for mid-April

2005-03-30T10:20:40.412165+00:00

The inconsistent information spread by Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobles and Springer Online led to some confusion regarding the timing of the book's U.S. release. I have now been informed that it will take place around mid-April.

WorldCookery in the News

2005-03-29T20:55:51.110696+00:00

Ever since my announcement of the book being released, the book and this website have received some notable recognition on the web. Here's a short overview.

Book released!

2005-03-07T13:54:08.559799+00:00

It's out there and it's official! The book has been released, only 15 months after I began work on it. Here's my announcement to the Zope community:

Downloads available

2005-03-01T23:48:02.304891+00:00

As the book release is approaching rapidly (the book is expected to hit the shelves this week or the following), I have finally uploaded the promised example application for download.

Website gone online

2005-02-05T21:46:29.581859+00:00

A good month before the book hits the shelves, worldcookery.com has gone online to provide you with information on and around the book.