Posted by firewoodtim on 11/09/07 18:23

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:01:17 -0800, Rob <ratkinson@tbs-ltd.co.uk>
wrote:

>On Nov 8, 3:24 pm, firewood...@yahoo.com wrote:

<"snip">

>If you want to see an example of OOP in action for a CMS system, then
>I'd suggest having a look at the source code for Mambo or Joomla.
>Beware though, to truly understand it and benefit from the way it
>works, you probably need to spend a few weeks getting your hands dirty
>- it's no good just having a quick read through.
>
>Rob.

Thanks for that lead. I had been considering looking into Joomla for
precisely that purpose, but I was not sure if it was the right CMS for
my purposes. It is the most popular open source CMS (Drupal is number
two), but that does not mean it is good for learning code. However,
they do have an active and well-supported developer community, with a
special consideration for beginners, like myself. I will probably be
able to learn quite well there.

As for the difficulty of the code to which you refer, I just want to
know that the code is well-written. That will resolve my doubts that
the struggle with the complexities is worth it. Thanks for that
assurance. Joomla it is.

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