Jambor-ee!
January 2, 2007 at 9:05 AM
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Recent Digital Web interviewee Colly directs our attention to the newly launched Jambor-ee, a tutorial/blog/showcase site dedicated to the increasingly popular Expression Engine publishing platform.
Along with Django, EE was a blogosphere favorite in 2006, with several high-profile authors switching from the old-school blogging apps to this relative newcomer; and the strong community and enthusiastic praise it has garnered will likely attract even more in 2007.
Which platform is on your New Year's Resolution list to investigate further?
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I'm behind the curve on Javascript/Ajax frameworks right now so Prototype (http://prototype.conio.net/) and jQuery (http://www.jquery.com) are on my list for 2007.
Expression Engine is excellent, but: It is a big system for big (and community oriented) websites. If all you want to do is "publish", Symphony (www.symphony21.com) is a very interesting system. It's small and fast, and it is built around XSLT. The latter means that you have to KNOW resp. to LEARN XSLT! At the moment I am building my first Symphony driven website. I fell that once I get more familiar with XSLT, Symphony will be a very fast, extremely flexible and really cool tool for me.
Interesting. I've never seen Symphony before, I'll have to check that out as well. I've used Expression Engine for some very simple (Blogger style) websites and found it extremely easy to setup. What I like most about EE is that its just as easy to create a simple blog site as it is to create a larger community site.
That is interesting, Michael; I guess another benefit of going the Symphony route is that you can apply your XSLT skills to other projects or to bolster your resumé, whereas EE development skills are less transferable. Expression Engine is still on my list of things to investigate this year, though.
Thanks for the mention Matthew, I'm pretty stoked with the response so far. And I hope you enjoy getting stuck into EE this year!
Matthew, yes, you should really try Expression Engine as well. I really like 'em both (Expression Engine and Symphony), because both systems are very flexible, and both encourage you to create websites based on Web Standards. I have been searching for systems like these for a long time, finally finding those two fantastic tools. I sometimes call EE "my elephant", because you'll find yourself clicking in the configuration menues for hours an hours, while Symphony is kind of a "wild cat" - fast and powerful (but with a stronger focus on "simply publishing", and less focus on web communities). The learning curve, of course, is higher in Symphony - also because it does not offer the exceptional quality of documentation that you will find using Expression Engine).
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