About the develoment efficiency between FW and CMS

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coolesting
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About the develoment efficiency between FW and CMS

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Hi, guys,

what do you think the faster between the framework and contents management system,
usually, we need the same something in different project, such as the user management module, user login/out module, validation module, form module, etc,

but we don't write it again and again , so we need the a integration system for combining all of the module that be used frequently, (maybe we call this integration system is CMS)

so, what do think about this question , you will use the CMS or FW to work for your project.
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Re: About the develoment efficiency between FW and CMS

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Depends on requirements, budget, timeline, etc.

I use Drupal extensively these days for projects that are complex and have a lot of content that needs to be updated by in-house administrators. It has it's weaknesses, one being eCommerce, although you can build complex eCom solutions using it, it would be a lot easier to download and extend something existing, like Magento (heard horrible things about it though).

There are many reasons why one might use a MVC-centric framework like Zend as opposed to Drupal/Joomla, etc. Those reasons will be as varied as the developers on this site.

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Re: About the develoment efficiency between FW and CMS

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Yes, i use the drupal to do any projects as possible as i can, i think the framework is too slow to develop some projects that needs something existing function.
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Re: About the develoment efficiency between FW and CMS

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Starting with an MVC framework is a good idea, and better still is a CMS that uses the framework.

I actually evaluated about 30 PHP frameworks / CMS combination for a large project early last year. Ended up picking Pimcore - best of both worlds with Zend MVC framework and clean CMS. My team and I have been using Pimcore (pimcore.org) for over a year now. Its a CMS with lots of very useful preview, content editing and tracking tools built in, but also light enough that it doesn't get in your way. Used it on both micro-site and big enterprise websites.

The Zend MVC framework and Pimcore are both come in open-source versions, so easy to just try them out.

You can download Pimcore at pimcore.org/download.
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