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Drupal peaked in like 2009. It’s mostly built by “click monkeys”, as you can do a lot by clicking around the UI to build stuff. But it’s old and even the founde

by b3ing 2y ago

Drupal peaked in like 2009. It’s mostly built by “click monkeys”, as you can do a lot by clicking around the UI to build stuff. But it’s old and even the founder abandoned it long ago around 2012. people use it because they didn’t learn anything else and It still has hype from those early days (2005-2009). It was also a nightmare upgrading the versions of it. It faded out of popularity with most people for a reason. There are better options today and even 10 years ago and not just Wordpress.

bentocorp 2y ago
> It’s mostly built by “click monkeys”, as you can do a lot by clicking around the UI to build stuff. Isn't this an almost perfect description of WordPress? It hasn't seemed to have done any harm if that's the case. > But it’s old and even the founder abandoned it long ago around 2012. Are you sure? On drupal.org right now one of the main links is one of the founders in a keynote video presenting the newest version.
zengenuity 2y ago
> But it’s old and even the founder abandoned it long ago around 2012. Dries is still using Drupal. Here is his personal blog, where he discusses updating to Drupal 11: https://dri.es/drupal-11-released https://dri.es/drupal-11-released Dries is the founder of Acquia, whose products are all based on or related to running Drupal websites. Dries was the keynote speaker at DrupalCon Barcelona last month, where he discussed the new features currently under development in Drupal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wce6FkNN2Io https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wce6FkNN2Io > It was also a nightmare upgrading the versions of it. This was an issue prior to version 8. All major versions since then have been directly upgradable. It usually takes me 2-3 hours to do a major version upgrade. Maybe a few more if there's a lot of custom code.

by b3ing 2y ago

bentocorp 2y ago

> It’s mostly built by “click monkeys”, as you can do a lot by clicking around the UI to build stuff. Isn't this an almost perfect description of WordPress? It hasn't seemed to have done any harm if that's the case. > But it’s old and even the founder abandoned it long ago around 2012. Are you sure? On drupal.org right now one of the main links is one of the founders in a keynote video presenting the newest version.

zengenuity 2y ago

> But it’s old and even the founder abandoned it long ago around 2012. Dries is still using Drupal. Here is his personal blog, where he discusses updating to Drupal 11: https://dri.es/drupal-11-released https://dri.es/drupal-11-released Dries is the founder of Acquia, whose products are all based on or related to running Drupal websites. Dries was the keynote speaker at DrupalCon Barcelona last month, where he discussed the new features currently under development in Drupal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wce6FkNN2Io https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wce6FkNN2Io > It was also a nightmare upgrading the versions of it. This was an issue prior to version 8. All major versions since then have been directly upgradable. It usually takes me 2-3 hours to do a major version upgrade. Maybe a few more if there's a lot of custom code.