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About the develoment efficiency between FW and CMS

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:21 am
by coolesting
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.

Re: About the develoment efficiency between FW and CMS

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:09 pm
by alex.barylski
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.

Cheers,
Alex

Re: About the develoment efficiency between FW and CMS

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:57 am
by coolesting
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.

Re: About the develoment efficiency between FW and CMS

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:14 pm
by ashleylaing
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.