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For Immediate Release
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BUILD POWERFUL WEB APPLICATIONS WITH ZOPE: New book tackles this Open Source
Web Application server

San Francisco, CA-Computer book publisher No Starch Press, Inc. and Zope
documentation developer Beehive today announced the launch of THE BOOK OF
ZOPE: HOW TO BUILD AND DELIVER WEB APPLICATIONS (November 2001,
1-886411-57-3, $39.95, 408 pp., www.nostarch.com/?zope). Zope, the leading
Open Source Web Application server and content management system, helps
teams of developers create and manage dynamic, Web-based business
applications like Intranets and portals.

Written by the experts at Beehive, THE BOOK OF ZOPE is a comprehensive
introduction to this powerful product, providing developers and content
managers with in-depth coverage of everything from DTML, ZClasses, ZCatalog,
and debugging to programming Zope with Python. Readers learn how to:

* Install Zope on their system or server
* Use the management screen to develop their site and manage its content
* Master creating dynamic content with DTML
* Manage users, roles and permissions both through the Web and
programmatically to secure a site and provide personalized content
* Create custom content with ZClasses
* Integrate and publish data from relational databases
* Use ZCatalog to index and search site content
* Script and extend Web applications using the Python programming language
* Extend Zope through Python products

Zope runs on Windows and almost all Unix-based platforms, and includes its
own Web server, transactional object-oriented database, search engine, Web
page templating system, Web development and management tool, and
comprehensive extension support. Available from bookstores, the Linux
Journal Store (www.linuxjournalstore.com), or from No Starch Press
(1-800-420-7240, www.nostarch.com), THE BOOK OF ZOPE is an essential
reference for building and managing dynamic Web applications with Zope.

ABOUT BEEHIVE
Berlin, Germany, and Washington D.C.-based Beehive (www.beehive.de) develops
and supports many Zope-based applications for leading European and North
American companies, startups, and governmental organizations.

ABOUT LINUX JOURNAL PRESS
Linux Journal Press publishes books on cutting-edge Open Source topics that
help to advance the acceptance and usability of Open Source software. An
imprint of No Starch Press (www.nostarch.com), Linux Journal Press titles
are developed in partnership with Linux Journal (www.ssc.com and
www.linuxjournal.com).

MEDIA CONTACTS
*Amanda Staab, No Starch Press, 415-863-9900, amanda@nostarch.com
*Chris Abraham, Beehive, North American office, 202-548-0410, cja@beehive.de
*Mark Pratt, Beehive, +011 [49] 30-84-78-20, mark@beehive.de