content management system - Drupal or from-scratch web app development? -
content management system - Drupal or from-scratch web app development? -
i looking develop multi-user web application supports next key features:
fill out forms demographic info on individuals
define , administer surveys & polls
generate nice reports graphs)
user rights administration , generic login stuff
my dilemma whether utilize cms (drupal?) or develop scratch.
putting time , cost issues aside minute, obvious cms strength, weaknesses , potential risks using cms? gut tells me cms easy , quick start with, when features list begins grow - pay bill having delve unfamiliar db construction , code, seek tweak existing modules or write own scratch.
is better, on long run, utilize cms?
there 2 basic types of cmses:
focused on features focused on flexibilitythe first type - focused on features - offer lot of modules or extensions expand basic functionality. can build web site using ready-to-use 3rd party modules. there's disadvantage of way - isn't easy bend or customize these modules. need rewrite them.
drupal. wordpress , joomla examples of first type of cmses.
the sec type - focused on flexibility - somewhere called content management frameworks - don't offer much prefabricated modules, offer much more tools , ways create construction , relationships between elements fit needs. takes more time larn kind of cms or build fist web site, can customize need.
some examples of sec type cmses: silverstripe, symphony cms, apprain, modx, ezpublish.
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