It has been an extremely long time since I've done any type of comparision between Drupal and Joomla!. While I like to keep a close eye on both of these open source content management systems...I just haven't felt the need to compare the two applications with each other. The rhythm of each of the two CMS are so different that I honestly don't know what I would write in the Drupal vs Joomla post. Comparing Drupal and Joomla with each other is like comparing Country music and Jazz with each genre not really capable of diminishing the importance of the other.
This isn't to say such comparisons can't be interesting and useful. I definitely know how popular Drupal vs. Joomla! articles can be and the number of visitors such articles will bring to a site. If you're interested in reading a new Drupal vs Joomla article, you can find such an article at Achieve Internet.
Some of the comparisons are out of date or lack sufficient technical detail to fully support their conclusions. Furthermore, both Joomla! and the Drupal CMS are on the verge of releasing new versions, Joomla! 1.6 and Drupal 7, that will move both products in a positive direction.
This series of articles attempts to address where the technologies stand now, with a keen eye on the fact that both are moving targets as they approach new releases. The focus will be on using the web design software to build enterprise level websites, including those for large businesses, government agencies, and sizable non-profits, as this is the focus of Achieve Internet, based in San Diego, CA. We will examine the following topics from a technical perspective: baseline content management system (CMS) functionality, back-end appearance and functionality, and coding & customization.
If you're interested in hearing more from Achieve Internet, the article you'll want to read is Joomla! vs. Drupal for enterprise web development, Part 1.
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Possible bias?
I don't doubt the information contained in the original article but I think there should be some clear mention about the fact that the author might be partial to Drupal. In this case, this info comes at the end:
Hey Brian, I did a detailed
Hey Brian,
I did a detailed comparison of Joomla 1.6 and Drupal 7. I observed that both of them are copying the interface of Wordpress. And drupal is no longer just for the technically sound as it has changed its interface completely.
Here's the blog post I wrote: http://www.akrimony.com/2011/02/joomla-1...
Drupal 7 has many many things exactly same as Wordpress' interface.
Copying from WordPress?
Thanks Rajat. I like the Drupal/Joomla comparison table you did (though some elements of the table could be argued). I'm not in agreement with any conclusion that states Drupal and Joomla copied from WordPress. Good usability and user experience guidelines/standards are valid no matter which CMS is involved. I'd argue that Drupal and Joomla! haven't copied from WordPress but have instead reached the same conclusion relative to today's technology makes a good interface.
In many ways you could argue that SilverStripe reached the same conclusion before even WordPress. See the SilverStripe section in http://cmsreport.com/node/9317 and http://groups.drupal.org/node/15689#comm... .
Finally, it's been my observation that core developers of open source projects often don't look at the competition. They're too busy and backlogged with implementing their own code and ideas to be looking at the work of others. I'm not saying that copying ideas between projects doesn't happen, but it seems to me that they're all marching within the same movement.
I am a senior php developer
I am a senior php developer with 15 years experience. My company develop site using joomla and drupal base on our client want. To me, Drupal is 100 times complicate than Jommla, so the learning curve is countless high. Joomla on the other hand, it is a lot easier to learn, with 50x more extentsions than drupal. In long run, it is no doubt, dupal project will be closed and nobody will use it. Joomla now also has its MVC model to catch the trend. Look at drupal, OMG, its API is terrible and huge! We are not born to learn your API, drupal. Why make everything such complicated!!!
Check google trend and see Joomla has 100 more users than Drupal. There are billion reasons for it.
http://www.google.com/trends?q=drupal%2C...
Following your logic...
Following your logic that since Joomla! is easier to learn and more popular, then we all should be using WordPress. http://www.google.com/trends?q=drupal%2C+joomla%2C...
I've written before that the most frustrating thing about Drupal is its learning curve...so you're right Joomla! is likely going to be your hoice for a CMS if you want something simpler and easier to learn. However, most Drupal fans will argue that once that learning curve has been mastered...Drupal immensely rewards you back in ways Joomla! is unable to do so. All CMS have their strengths and weaknesses.
As far as the statement about the demise of Drupal...well that's simply you being a troll whether you intended it or not.