[Web4lib] Plone

[Chris Gray]

I have experience with Zope, the platform on which Plone is based, and 
have high regard for it.  Plone I only have experience with for 
demonstration purposes.

For comparison with Drupal (and Joomla) I would highly recomment the 
following article:
http://www.idealware.org/articles/joomla_drupal_plone.php
[I would only discount what they say about difficulty of set up.  All 
three are easy to get running with a basic set up.]

Plone is better developed, more mature, and more powerful than Drupal, 
but it depends on what you need.

I think the biggest consideration might be whether or not you are going 
to remain happy with the factory default functionality of either Plone 
or Drupal.  If you anticipate doing a lot of tinkering under the hood, 
then it is best to consider what you can bring to it.  If you're not 
familiar with Object-Oriented programming, then Plone might be an uphill 
climb.  Python is a wonderful language and you'll never regret learning 
it, but it and Zope and Plone take a while to be comfortable with.  Only 
once you get to that point will you appreciate their power.

PHP skills are easier to come by and don't require a new way of 
thinking, but can lead to less manageable code.

Chris Gray
Library Systems
University of Waterloo

Andrew Hankinson wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've been given the task of evaluating Plone for a small-to-medium 
> size research website.  Having never used it in production, (only just 
> playing around with a local demo) I'm not quite sure of its capabilities.
>
> Is there anyone out there who uses Plone and likes it?  How does it 
> compare to Drupal? (the CMS that I do know).  Any and all thoughts 
> would be appreciated!
>
> Andrew
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