Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-19 Thread Federico Capoano
Bytheway Joomla is also a framework.. is a Content Management Framework. I've been using it for years but I have to say that from a performance point of view is CRAP. I also think that the scopes of Django and Joomla are very different. Django will never have the large adoption that Joomla has,

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-16 Thread Hooshyar
Many thanks to V and others who have contributed to this topic. More info. I guess I am coming up to speed now. The decision makers are not managers, but a private organization who members will read both proposals and ask questions from both vendors. At then end they vote democratically. One

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-16 Thread VWAllen
> A little background. I am a Django developer for almost 4 years. > Recently I submitted a proposal to undertake the web operation of a > community run orgnization. One vendor proposed Joomla and I have > proposed Django. Never mind, he says Joomla is a framework. That is > OK. What primarily

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-16 Thread Hooshyar
Thank you all for your thoughts. I liked the link to article that compares Drupal with Django. I wish there was a Joomla vs. Drupal compariosn too. A little background. I am a Django developer for almost 4 years. Recently I submitted a proposal to undertake the web operation of a community run

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-15 Thread Torsten Bronger
Hallöchen! shacker writes: > On Jun 15, 11:43 am, Torsten Bronger > wrote: > >> First you need a functional specification for your project, >> i.e. "must have"'s and "nice to have"'s.  Size and agility of the >> community as well as documentation are important,

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 16 June 2010 01:37:02 shacker wrote: > It depends what your "zoom level" is. For example, the org's questions > may be questions like: > if it is drupal/joomla vs plone > - In which system can we get our site up the fastest? plone > - Which system will be the most flexible if we

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tuesday 15 June 2010 21:41:56 shacker wrote: > These comparisons are not only possible, they're essential for a boss > or a company trying to decide on their next platform. Only us geeks > say things like "They can't be compared." Of course they can. > in which case compare drupal/joomla with

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-15 Thread shacker
On Jun 15, 11:43 am, Torsten Bronger wrote: > First you need a functional specification for your project, > i.e. "must have"'s and "nice to have"'s.  Size and agility of the > community as well as documentation are important, too.  Then you can > filter a little

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-15 Thread Torsten Bronger
Hallöchen! shacker writes: > [...] > > These comparisons are not only possible, they're essential for a > boss or a company trying to decide on their next platform. Only us > geeks say things like "They can't be compared." Of course they > can. Well, somewhat. First you need a functional

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-15 Thread shacker
On Jun 15, 3:50 am, justin jools wrote: > The previous author is right Django is a framework to build systems > and not an already built system like a Content Management System, like > Joomla. If you do want a comparison you have to compare a Django built > CMS like

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-15 Thread justin jools
The previous author is right Django is a framework to build systems and not an already built system like a Content Management System, like Joomla. If you do want a comparison you have to compare a Django built CMS like : http://www.django-cms.org/. I don't know the reasons for your comparison but

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-15 Thread justin jools
The previous author is right Django is a framework to build systems and not an already built system like a Content Management System, like Joomla. If you do want a comparison you have to compare a Django built CMS like : http://www.django-cms.org/. I don't know the reasons for your comparison but

Re: Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tuesday 15 June 2010 00:05:44 Hooshyar wrote: > I have a question. Do you know any reference, link or white paper that > compares Joomla to Django? I know how wrong this comparison could be, > but an avid Joomla/PHP vendor is making it. django is a framework, joomla is a cms - so they cannot

Seeking Django vs. Joomla comparison

2010-06-14 Thread Hooshyar
Hello Django users, I have a question. Do you know any reference, link or white paper that compares Joomla to Django? I know how wrong this comparison could be, but an avid Joomla/PHP vendor is making it. Also, if you know a reference material to compare Django to PHP, that would be nice too,