DTML Basics (part 4) - Endzone (
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And that's
just about it. In this concluding article of a four-part series, I helped you
dip your toes in the waters of more advanced DTML programming, demonstrating some
of the more advanced tags available in the language. First, I showed you how to
access elements in the namespace via the
construct, and how to add items to the namespace via
. Next, I demonstrated the
widget, which provides a very unique take on the problem of constructing tree-based
structures, and provided some insight into how the tree menu of the Zope management
interface works by attempting to duplicate some of its functionality. Finally,
I demonstrated how DTML allows you to call methods with
, and make your code more readable with
.
Obviously, there's more to DTML than what you've learned over the past couple
of weeks in this tutorial. What I've taught you in this four-part series is just
the basics - you now know enough to begin reading other people's DTML code (and
making sense of it), and also to begin futzing around with scripts of your own.
Here are a few links to help you get started:
The Zope Book, at
http://www.zope.org/Documentation/ZopeBook/
Learning Zope, at
http://www.zope.org/Members/itamar/LearningZope/
DTML reference material, at
http://www.zope.org/Documentation/ZopeBook/AppendixA.stx
Until next time...be good!
Note: All examples in this article have been tested on Linux/i586 with Zope 2.5.0.
Examples are illustrative only, and are not meant for a production environment.
Melonfire provides no warranties or support for the source code described in this
article. YMMV!
