Zope's Structure

Rapid Development

A Rapid Development environment allows for quick prototyping by having software do most of the repetitive work. Zope is specifically designed to do this. How?

Building a Zope website is a process of first constructing Zope's hierarchical-database tree and then populating it with CompoundDocs. The designer only has to concentrate on the look-and-feel and the contents, not the structure and functionality of the site. CompoundDoc does most of the work. A process that normally takes months can be shrunk into a few weeks. Changing the completed site in the future is as easy as changing the contents of a CompoundDoc. To add more functionality to the site is as easy as adding another CompoundDoc to the hierarchical tree. It's like decorating a Christmas tree.