Derek Simkowiak wrote:
> I am hesitant to use Zope because DTML (Zope's HTML-embedded
> programming language) was all-new, 'proprietary' in some sense, and
> redundant to PHP. And I've never used Python. "I wish there was
> something like Zope that used PHP," I thought.
In the same sense PHP can be considered proprietary. PHP does have
a large userbase, buth both scripting languages are OSS.
> 1) How fast is Midgard? I realize this question is completely subjective,
> but is it really just the speed of PHP? Or is it slower than PHP because
> of some hidden extra processing?
This is a hard one, and I'm not going to burn myself by giving you
numbers.
You'd say it should be slower than PHP since PHP doesn't do SQL
processing
for each page, but then there is:
- if you're going to do templating in PHP I don't think you're going to
beat
Midgard at it, and
- filesystem access is not exactly 'free' in terms of execution time
(ties in
with DIY templating)
> How does it compare to ColdFusion
No clue
> and Zope in terms of hits per second?
My gut says that a scripting language (Python) should not be able
to outrun a C language program but I have no numbers on that.
> 2) How does it compare to Zope? I've read the FAQ, but if any users out
> there have tried managing a site with both products, I'd love to hear your
> comparison. A feature-for-feature comparison would be nice (the FAQ is
> rather high-level and philosophical in regards to this question).
They're rather different beasts, FfF would not make much sense. They
both
solve problems in the same domain (user-, layout- and content
management)
but from very different approaches. IMO Zope takes more of the
application
approach, and Midgard more of the publishing approach. Strictly IMO.
> 4) I've seen mention of version 2.0. The FAQ states it will be available
> fourth quarter 1999. What are the major changes in the 2.0 tree (in
> three sentences or less)? Should I wait until 2.0 comes out to
> learn/install Midgard? What is the current ETA for Midgard 2.0?
2.0 will bring new features but retain the current ones. 2.0 is not
expected
to go to production release anytime soon, so I suggest trying 1.2.5 or
the
soon to be released 1.2.6.
1.2 -> 2.0 differences (for the user, not the core developers): new
security
system, improved packaging/replication, access to other DBMSs then
MySQL.
I am probably missing some but others can fill in their beloved
features.
emile
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. If these questions are answered
> somewhere else, feel free to point me to the URL. I've very excited by
> the prospect of Midgard (and the website looks great! Kudos) and I plan
> on installing it and playing with it sometime later this week.
>
> Thank You,
> Derek Simkowiak
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