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You've overlooked an option: use Drupal as a development framework. You get core security updates and huge chunks of functionality basically for free, freeing u

You've overlooked an option: use Drupal as a development framework. You get core security updates and huge chunks of functionality basically for free, freeing up you or your hired gun developer to crank on the guts of your application. Wheel reinvention is minimized.

x0ner 16y ago
Drupal is a great framework, one I have contributed to for a while and fully support, but it is structured. For a project that requires a quick (hours/day(s)) deployment, I think Wordpress works well because you get the benefit of using a framework with nothing stopping you from completely ignoring all aspects of the framework. Drupal on the other hand forces you to follow some guidance in how you deploy custom modules or make modifications. Sure, you could use complete custom code in Drupal, but it is not as easy to interface with. Wordpress will provide me a window into my custom code and let me hack at every aspect. In its rawest form I end up getting something to manage my blogging, pages, posts, comments, users, etc. all while consuming my hack custom code without issue.
signal 16y ago
Yeah that seems like a good option for the PHP route... Anyone second that? Is it reasonably to think that a good PHP dev could work well with Drupal?
- x0ner 16y ago
  See my comment above.
awlo 16y ago
"The structure is basically HotorNot/FaceMash" The biggest advantage of Drupal is, that probably you won't have to write a single line of code for this. You would need to learn how Drupal works (on a high-level, basic stuff), then just piece together existing modules and configure your website. That's the main idea behind Drupal - to be able to build and maintain websites without the help of a developer. This doesn't mean that the resulting Drupal module code is overly complicated and difficult to maintain, quite the opposite, it has a great community with high coding standards. Drupal was also meant to be used to build community websites, so it supports structures for multiple users creating content.

x0ner 16y ago

Drupal is a great framework, one I have contributed to for a while and fully support, but it is structured. For a project that requires a quick (hours/day(s)) deployment, I think Wordpress works well because you get the benefit of using a framework with nothing stopping you from completely ignoring all aspects of the framework. Drupal on the other hand forces you to follow some guidance in how you deploy custom modules or make modifications. Sure, you could use complete custom code in Drupal, but it is not as easy to interface with. Wordpress will provide me a window into my custom code and let me hack at every aspect. In its rawest form I end up getting something to manage my blogging, pages, posts, comments, users, etc. all while consuming my hack custom code without issue.

signal 16y ago

Yeah that seems like a good option for the PHP route... Anyone second that? Is it reasonably to think that a good PHP dev could work well with Drupal?

x0ner 16y ago
See my comment above.

awlo 16y ago

"The structure is basically HotorNot/FaceMash" The biggest advantage of Drupal is, that probably you won't have to write a single line of code for this. You would need to learn how Drupal works (on a high-level, basic stuff), then just piece together existing modules and configure your website. That's the main idea behind Drupal - to be able to build and maintain websites without the help of a developer. This doesn't mean that the resulting Drupal module code is overly complicated and difficult to maintain, quite the opposite, it has a great community with high coding standards. Drupal was also meant to be used to build community websites, so it supports structures for multiple users creating content.