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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 02/14/07 11:19
white lightning wrote:
> On Feb 14, 1:31 pm, Kenneth Downs <knode.wants.t...@see.sigblock>
> wrote:
>> white lightning wrote:
>>> I've been thinking lately about whether to use opensource CMS such as
>>> Joomla or to build something from scratch.
>>> I am good with PHP/ MySQL but only little bit familiar with Joomla.
>>> I want to know when to use CMS and when to code from scratch? How do I
>>> make such a decision? Need some expert advice.
>>> Thanks
>> What are your motivations?
>>
>> In purely business terms, an established package lets you deliver to
>> customers faster. You accept a small learning curve, because its still far
>> smaller than trying to establish a familiarity with the problem domain by
>> responding one-by-one to customer demands, especially if the customers are
>> expecting slick up-to-date sites.
>>
>> The other common motivation is simply that programmers like to code, so we
>> code. Why take a 3 hour flight to LA when I can walk there myself in only
>> 4 months!
>>
>
> That's exactly what I was trying to find out. I personally like to
> code. I feel that's more challenging and I feel like I'm in full
> control of what I am doing. But if I start coding things from scratch,
> as you said, it might take me 4 months to build a fairly complex site
> whereas if I use Joomla, that'll probably do the same job in a week.
> If someone uses Joomla to create a website, they can do it quicker and
> cheaper. If I start coding, it'll be slower and expensive. Something
> made with Joomla may cost $2000 whereas if I code from scratch, the
> same thing would have to be charged no less than $8000.
>
> So does that mean, is pure coding a thing of the past with the
> introduction of powerful CMS such as Joomla? What are your thoughts?
>
I find CMS's don't save me much time at all. I still have to write all
the PHP, ASP or whatever code. I still have to write the HTML.
Something that takes me 2 weeks to write for a CMS generally would take
me about 2 weeks to write myself.
CMS's are nice in that they allow you to design the page once and
continue to use them. But you can do the same thing with templates and
include files.
Now I'm not saying CMS's are bad. They aren't. They're just a
different way of doing things. If they work for you, by all means go
for it. They just don't do anything for me except complicate things.
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