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[sachinsharma1507]

Is it true that now days maximum work of web development is done in any cms or framework??? Means core PHP alone is nothing for commercial aspect.


Where to find the best tutorials for WordPress and Joomla except their official documentation site???

[Vaielab]

Well... yes and no
First you have to understand the difference between cms and framework.
A cms is like wordpress or joomla, something that once installed, some one with no knowledge in php or in html could update, add new page, delete article, and do pretty much anything with his website himself.
A framework is simply a set of class that will help a developper in php (like codeigniter, zend framework...), but you have no interface in a framework that will do all the work for you, you still have to code in php.

If you are in the business of creating ecommerce, or site like many already have, yes, using a cms will probably be use. Why reinvente the wheel? All the function the client will need is already installed and ready in less than 5minutes.
If you are making something unique, one of a kind, you may use a framework, or create your own framework, or start from scratch.

But either case, you will have to learn php. wordpress and joomla are great, but something you have to create your own plugin (in php), and framework are just nothing if you don't write the php code
So yes, most industry will use a framework or a cms, but learning php is still one of the most important thing.

For a good documentation, I always search on amazon to find a good book.
Or you can take a look on youtube, they have pretty good tutorial about wordpress, joomla, codeigniter and many more

[sachinsharma1507]

great. thanx for explaining me in detail. I will look your help in future.