A. Resources

ZODB HOWTO, by Michel Pelletier:
Goes into slightly more detail about the rules for writing applications using the ZODB.
http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/HowTos/ZODB-How-To

Introduction to the Zope Object Database, by Jim Fulton:
Goes into much greater detail, explaining advanced uses of the ZODB and how it's actually implemented. A definitive reference, and highly recommended.
http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/proceedings/papers/fulton/zodb3.html

Persistent Programing with ZODB, by Jeremy Hylton and Barry Warsaw:
Slides for a tutorial presented at the 10th Python conference. Covers much of the same ground as this guide, with more details in some areas and less in others.
http://www.zope.org/Members/bwarsaw/ipc10-slides