Re: what to use for my web site

[Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dave,

WebMatrix is the latest Microsoft offering in the "end user develops their
own web site" space.

http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/

 It has razor syntax which is very nice. It has a lot in common with
ASP.NETMVC so you have a pathway to move up to the next level of
programmability if
you ever need to. Razor syntax uses C# and the .NET framework so what you
learn in using razor to build your html is transferable to writing a .NET
program.  WebMatrix ( and ASP.NET MVC ) use something called "nuget" that
automates a lot of the steps of incorporating 3rd party libraries and open
source into your web projects.

http://nuget.codeplex.com/
and the help forums for asp are nothing short of great
http://forums.asp.net/



On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi everyone,  I hope this question isn't stupid!
>
> I'm not a web programmer (yet) but trying hard. I have a simple site
> that I created with php4 and mysql. I rewrote it in php5, I rewrote it
> again with mysql to xml then converted with xsl. I rewrote it again in
> Java. All for the pleasure(!) of learning new stuff. I've dabbled with
> Joomla! and quite a bit more with Drupal. I read that a large
> percentage of sites were written with Wordpress so I looked briefly at
> that.
>
> I met someone who wants to pay me to do a website. It seems to me that
> either I should use a content management system or use a php or java
> solution, but using a framework. I don't yet have any experience of
> frameworks. Now here's my  question : having seen what one can do with
> Drupal, what are the reasons for NOT using a CMS?
>
> I would like to use Wordpress for the new site,  simply for the reason
> that it is far more widely used if the statistics are right.
> Curiously, I have a filter on CMS on a site proposing contracts and
> there are often requirements for Drupal developpers but I've yet to
> see one for Joomla! or Wordpress. My own problem with learning to use
> a CMS was that it was preventing me from learning PHP!
>
> Any thoughts, advice would be great, thanks.
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