Perfect analogy there James :-) On Apr 17, 2:09 am, "James Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/16/07, M Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am new to Django, but am familiar with python. I am also > > familiar with > > joomla (formerly mambo), and I would like someone to provide a comparison / > > contrast between Django and joomla.... please, no hype, just the facts. I > > am > > interested in the strengths and weaknesses of each. > > A CMS like Joomla is a house, pre-built. A framework like Django is a > toolbox and some raw materials. > > With the CMS, if you know you want a house, you're fine because that's > what you get. And you can customize it a little bit: you can repaint, > put down new floors, etc. If you're really ambitious you can add on > whole new rooms. > > But if you need a restaurant or an office building, well, you're > stuck, because you've got a house and no way to turn it into another > type of building. > > With the framework, if you want a house you build a house. If you want > a restaurant you build a restaurant. If you want an office building > you build an office building. And since you have the tools and raw > materials, you can go back and change things around later in ways that > wouldn't be possible if you'd just gotten a pre-built house. > > Advantage of the CMS: pre-built, not as much work to do. > Disadvantage of the CMS: not nearly as flexible. > > Advantage of the framework: nearly unlimited flexibility. > Disadvantage of the framework: more work, because you have to build up > what you want. > > -- > "Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct -- the best kind of correct."
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