[aklug] Re: Web Devs are not the devil

From: Arthur Corliss <acorliss@nevaeh-linux.org>
Date: Thu Feb 07 2013 - 09:56:14 AKST

On Wed, 6 Feb 2013, Tim Johnson wrote:

> I have been a CGI programmer for 17 years. I've built several CGI
> interfaces from scratch, plus built CGI interfaces on top of simpler
> ones, such as in my own python framework.
>
> I deplore the sort of practices that are being described above, and
> wish to distinguish between those knuckleheads and those like
> myself, my business partner and other long-time web programmers that
> I am acquainted with.

We have some exceptional people in Alaska, so I hope no one takes my
generalizations as an indictment of everyone in the business.

> The reality is that more and more content on the web is being
> created by systems that are built (in varying degrees of competence
> and caution) by content management systems and more and more
> websites are themselves __applications__.
>
> -----------------------------------------
> | Sysadmins will have to deal with this. |
> -----------------------------------------

Absolutely right.

> I've taken some time to learn
> 1)How to use drupal (a CMS/CMF)
> 2)Understand drupal (a separate issue, yes?)
> 3)Integrate drupal with my own legacy tools.
>
> I've built two websites using drupal and they will be installed in
> test dowmain. I like the way they "look". Frankly, I haven't got an
> (graphic) artistic bone in my body and drupal does a whole lot of
> stuff that would take me much longer to do "under the hood".
>
> I'm going to push these to the server in the next day or two. I'm
> going to contact my domain hosters techs and ask them for feedback
> on how much mischief they can handle from hack attacks against the
> domain - which I will invite from you folks. I haven't anything
> critical on those hostings, which is the reason for the particular
> locations.
>
> I am aware that there are at least two drupalers on this list. I
> hope to get feedback from them. And I am hoping that testing these
> sites might prove beneficial and enlightening to them as well.
>
> Heads up... harden, harden, harden

:-) Best of luck.

         --Arthur Corliss
           Live Free or Die
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