Last week I gave a presentation to the newly formed Cincinnati Python Users Group(cincypy) on the World of Zope. It's from a newbies perspective, because I am in fact a newbie to Zope.

I've recently started acquainting myself with  BFG which looks to be as lightweight as pylons, but can hook into most things zope if needed. If you are looking for a lightweight python web framework with access to more batteries spend a weekend with it, you might find it useful.

Slides(pdf)