Integrating with Other Systems

Abstract

Integration is a huge issue in any enterprise that has a large number of other systems already in place. Because Plone is an open-source project, it has a lot of products, add-ons, skins, and tools that provide extra functionality for free. That’s right—often these extra products are given away to anyone who wants them. Additionally, as an open-source language, Python has a whole host of free, excellent products (often called packages). Most of these products don’t directly affect Plone, though. In other words, they don’t give functionality to Plone out of the box—that’s what Plone products do. However, people often ask, “Can Plone do X?” The answer is often, “Yes, if Python can do it.”