Difference between CMS(joomla,drupal) and Frameworks(Zend, Symfony, CI)

Question

What kind of applications are developed using a CMS like joomla, drupal and what kind of applications are developed using frameworks.

If all kind of applications can be developed in a CMS like drupal then why do we use a framework like SYMFONY?

Answer 1

A CMS is a sort of framework, but generally limited towards making websites with article/page type content with an out of the box article management system.

A framework provides provides often used web development boilerplate code, they can...

• MVC paradigm
• url parsing and handling
• templating
• better request handling

Answer 2

CMS is product (Content Management System) which allows users to publish and manage content its a solution developed in a language. Drupal and Joomla are PHP solutions of a CMS. You customize JOOMLA and Drupal to your needs for your your custom CMS Product. Frameworks are different they are coding patterns design patterns implmented together to use a language in a modularized and more maintanable way. When i say coding patterns it can be use of Model view Controller architecute to seperate your Busnieess logic from Presentation.

Answer 3

Not all kinds of applications can be build using a CMS. A CMS isn't really suitable for building applications that aren't primarily concerned with content management. But the term "content" is loose enough for a CMS to be adapted to many applications.

I was contracted to build a blog aggregation thingy in Drupal once. It wasn't the right tool. And recently I built a mobile phone application in Drupal too. I would rather have done it in rails.