Python Web frameworks: Light, heavy, and in between Zope 2 is a descendant of Zope, the great-granddaddy of all Python Web application tools and an important branch in the Python family tree. Zope 2’s ancestry, then, goes back to the mid-1990s, and Zope’s continued popularity is testament to its solidity. Consequently, one huge advantage to choosing Zope 2 is that you can call on 15 years of code