Intro

The SOPE package is an extensive set of frameworks (16 frameworks, ~1500 classes) which form a complete Web application server environment. Besides the Apple WebObjects compatible appserver extended with Zope concepts, it contains a large set of reusable classes: XML processing (SAX2, DOM, XML-RPC), MIME/IMAP4 processing, LDAP connectivity, RDBMS connectivity, and iCalendar parsing.

The individual frameworks of the package can be used standalone (for example in Cocoa applications) and do not require the application server itself.

For MacOSX developers, the package includes SOPE:X, which contains special Xcode and Cocoa support for SOPE.