Plone Demonstration Movies

by Alex Limi last modified Feb 11, 2011 10:16 PM
Want to know more about Plone? See it in action, how it stacks up compared to other systems, and see why we think it's one of the best platforms for managing your content? We've got just the thing for you.

Warning: These demonstration movies are large files, so if you are on a dial-up connection, you're probably better off reading one of the many Plone books or perusing our documentation section.


    

Introducing Plone

Introducing Plone

(24MB QuickTime movie) — other formats available here

This screencast gives a very basic introduction to how Plone works. Recommended if you just installed Plone and want a gentle introduction — or just want to see what Plone is about.

Duration: 10 minutes

 

    

Editing with Plone

Editing with Plone

(53MB QuickTime movie) — other formats available here

How to use the Plone content management system to edit both images and text in a site. Demonstrates Plone's built-in image manipulation and rescaling, as well as its rich text editing capabilities.

Duration: 12 minutes

 

       

Better Web App Development

Better Web App Development

(397MB QuickTime Movie)

The screencast that started it all. As featured on Slashdot and Digg, Sean Kelly compares and contrasts building a web application in Plone (Zope), Java J2EE, Ruby on Rails, Django, and TurboGears.

Duration: 35 minutes

 

Teaches you how to build a simple time tracker using Plone and a UML editor. (This is the same application used as a comparison application in the Better Web App Development screencast)

Duration: 20 minutes

 

A light-hearted confession from an ex-Java junkie about why he switched to Python and Plone after several years of mainlining java beans.

Duration: 10 minutes

 

With one exception, the screencasts are hosted at archive.org, the Plone community would like to thank them for offering such a magnificent service. The "Better Web App Development" screencast is hosted by NASA, and we would also like to thank them for sponsoring Sean Kelly's time to produce that screencast, as well as for the hosting.