Well of course if you put it that way I don’t want to do anything to discourage exploration, let a 1,000 flowers bloom etc and I’d love to see a LC CMS
However our community IS a lot smaller than Python’s... Kind regards Dave Richard Gaskin wrote: > revIgniter is one of the best open source projects in the LiveCode > community. Ralf's work has been truly exemplary, with a solid > implementation, some of the best docs for any such system, and an > unusually responsive support that shows him fixing bugs and refining > features in near-real time. > > It may be that revIgniter is an excellent fit for what Alex has in mind. > > But if we look at web frameworks for other languages, we see most > languages have more than one framework. This is natural and to be > expected, since not every web development workflow will be identical. > > Consider CMSes made with Python: > <https://wiki.python.org/moin/ContentManagementSystems > <https://wiki.python.org/moin/ContentManagementSystems>> > > Nearly 20 in that list, each addressing a set of needs different from > the others, so that collectively Python can be used in a very wide range > of contexts. > > I believe this is where LiveCode will inevitably wind up some day as > well. Or at least so I hope. > > In the Python world, the most popular CMS by far is Django, and all > others pale by comparison in popularity. I suspect the same will remain > true with revIgniter for the foreseeable future; the quality of Ralf's > stewardship will retain its valuable position in our community. > > But I would not discourage exploration of other ways of working. Any > single framework will embody one way of thinking, and no matter how good > it is other thought is possible. > > I think it's a sign of a healthy platform when an ecosystem has more > than just one of a given resource type. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
