On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Gary Mort <[email protected]> wrote: > I am just about ready to throw in the towel. > > No, I'm not giving up on Joomla, Joomla is still my preferred CMS. But > Drupal is so widely used[and has the BIG benefit in my book of wisely using > JQUERY instead of Mootools. Mootools is, in my book, easier to code in and > better in general. But due to their fixation on not using a namespace, it > is a poor choice for a CMS where you want a wide number of different people > writing and producing extensions for your CMS. You use mootools when you > have control of a project and can insist everyone uses it. You use JQUERY > when you don't know who else will be writing code integrated with your > project and can't insist on anything.] > > Sooo, I have decided it is time that I learn how Drupal works, how to code > for it, etc. > > I can hack an existing installation and fix bugs/add small features just as > quickly as any other home brew PHP design, but I don't really /understand/ > it. > > Drupal, in short, doesn't "sing" to me. Joomla sings to me. Sometimes > somewhat out of tune or harmony, but since I don't sing in tune or in > harmony that doesnt bother me. > > I was curious if any of the Joomla developers/users here who also use Drupal > might speak of their experience/mindset with Drupal. Do you have a mental > map in your mind, like "Joomla has templates located /here/, Drupal has > templates called X located /there/" Kind of like how one might, say, > associate two western european languages in one's mind by their > similarities. > > Or do you just treat them as two completely seperate beasts so as not to get > caught up in "Joomla has X, so Drupal must as well." and "In Joomla there is > no way to do X, so there must not be a way to do it in Drupal either"?
This sounds like a call for Forest, who straddles the fence like no other! Brings up a point, maybe we could have a session at a NYCJUG that covered other CMS platforms for comparison? Maybe have Forest do a "blackbelt Drupal" session, and then pick another CMS and start a sort of series? -- Mitch _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
