PART 3
Developing Plone

We have arrived at the last part of our journey—the part that's dedicated to web developers. Of course, this part requires some knowledge of the Python language, and more in-depth knowledge of the Plone front- and back-end interfaces, their structure, and their logic.

In this part, you will see how to write an add-on product for Plone, how to integrate Plone with other systems (such as relational databases) and frameworks, and how to access Plone without a browser.

Finally, we will present some of the most common use cases you might encounter as a web developer, considering requirements and possible solutions, in order to give you a further overview of what you can do with Plone.

If you want to deepen your knowledge as a Plone developer, we suggest you also take a look at the following:

• The Zope Book (www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook)
• Zope Developer's Guide (www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZDG/current)
• Professional Plone Development, by Martin Aspeli (Packt Publishing, 2007)
• Web Component Development with Zope 3, by Philipp von Weitershausen (Springer, 2005)
• "A Comprehensive Guide to Zope Component Architecture," by Baiju M (www.muthukadan.net/docs/zca.html)
• Many tutorials available at http://plone.org/documentation