I can help with docs.
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:44 AM, ~redShadow~ <redsha...@hackzine.org> wrote: > I have quite large experience with Drupal, which I used since 2006 tu > build pretty much everything web-related, from websites to applications, > often using it more as a framework than a CMS. > That project is great, but IMHO it has some drawbacks. > The first that comes to mind: > > * Not-so-elegant code, derived from the fact that's php-based > * Structure and data too much mixed up, due to the will to make > everything configurable from the admin panel. > * Excessive setup time. Many times 3rd-part modules (sometimes even > needed to add missing important features to the core) tend to conflict > or miss something -> many times there is need to develop a custom > site-specific module in order to simplify things. > * Lack of enterpriseness in 3rd-part modules: they are not "verified" > that much, and sometimes bad things happen, even with stuff that used to > work and must have continued to do so. > > So, I recently started doing some experiments to see "how hard would it > be" to rewrite Drupal web2py-based and with some improvements. > > At the moment, I have a simple app that, along with > garbage/experiments/stuff does pretty much this: > > * CRUD for different content-types (each content type may be treated in > different ways / define extra fields / ..; some examples may be > "article", "page", "ecommerce product", ...). > * Commenting. It is handled in a component-like way, although I haven't > written a proper component yet, I'm using a similar way to attach > comments + comment form to "entities", that might be not only "content". > * Regions + blocks. In a way similar to what Drupal does, the > layout.html defines some regions (sidebars, footer, before/after > content, before/after page, ...) in which some "blocks" may be placed, > then blocks are shown independently from the controller (and only in the > html views, since they wouldn't make much sense, for example, in a json > or xml representation). > * Configuration stored in INI files (and maybe in database too, I have > to decide that). > * Some rudimental support (I still have to decide what's the best way to > do that) to user-defined (in the configuration) "views": a mix of > database query + templates to create custom visualizations of content. > > I'm going to release all the code as soon as I finish adding access > control, so that I can also install a demo site somewhere (shouldn't > take long, it should only be matter of adding a few decorators..). > > > I think we should also start organizing the development of the CMS > application: > - who's up for development? > - who's up for testing? > - who's up for documentation? (developers should! documentation is > awesome! I already wrote more documentation than code for this CMS!) > - should we setup a project page / wiki / bugtracker / ..? I think that > it would be a good idea to have at least a wiki, for the moment, on > which to write all the ideas / misc brainstorming, in order to discuss > about the important decisions that should be taken before starting the > actual development. > - should we create another mailing-list just for the cms thing, in order > to keep separate the discussions? > - Do you guys use IRC? I see a #web2py channel on freenode but, although > there is always some people in it, I never saw pretty much anybody > speaking in there.. > > -- > Samuele ~redShadow~ Santi > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > redshadow[at]hackzine.org - redshadowhack[at]gmail.com > > Blog: http://hackzine.org > > GPG Key signature: > 050D 3E9F 6E0B 44CE C008 D1FC 166C 3C7E EB26 4933 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > /me recommends: > Squadra Informatica - http://www.squadrainformatica.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > - Proud ThinkPad T-Series owner > - Registered Linux-User: #440008 > * GENTOO User since 1199142000 (2008-01-01) > * former DEBIAN SID user > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > "Software is like sex: it's better when it's free!" > -- Linus Torvalds > >
