Hi I am learning everything about web development. I already know some programing languages (html, Css, Javascript, improving PHP some Flash ) but I wish to learn also Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla. My queation is why to learn Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla instead of programing like PHP? Or should I keep learn all of them? Or should I keep learning only PHP? Thank you for any help
Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal are all written in PHP and use MySQL for data storage. So basically if you know PHP you can program modules for all three content management systems. The only difference is maybe the API that the CMS is using but this is just a small learning process compared with learning PHP.
Of course PHP is the advance requirement if you want to develop better site using Drupal or similar CMS. I am a PHP programmer with experience some frameworks. But when I look around Drupal, I started to loving it
You should continue learning your php and include java and database in you education. after that you can use sites like drupal and customize the language to fit your needs.
Ok at the moment I am improving my php & mysql skills and wathcing some videos about drupal... but do I need to learn Java as web developer? What actually leanguage web developer does need to know? There is plenty of them ajax, Jquery, Mootools, flash (action script) php & mysql, javascript... Do we need to know all of them?? also some windows programing leanguages but I dont like windows...
JQuery and Mootools are Javascript libraries. Ajax is Javascript, XML, CSS and browser technologies (you need to do some different things for different browsers). Flash is it's own technology, and so is Java (not Javascript) that runs in a browser, but try to be as cross-browser and system compatible as they can. If you are working in a Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP (LAMP) environment, then Windows programming won't mean much to you, unless you are looking to get hired by companies that run Windows servers. I guess the question is, what are your goals?
Thank you for your answers very helpful And what are my goals that is very hard to answer as each customer need something else. I wish to cover most of the main programing languages for web developing...
Though I'm not quite as experienced with Wordpress as I am with Drupal, from what I have done in both so far, I'd say Drupal is much more robust than Wordpress.