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POWhat could justify the complexity of Plone?
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copied!<p>Plone is very complex. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zope" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Zope</a>2, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zope_3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Zope3</a>, <a href="http://codespeak.net/z3/five/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Five</a>, <a href="http://wiki.zope.org/zope3/ZCML" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ZCML</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zope_Object_Database" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ZODB</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zope_Object_Database#ZEO" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ZEO</a>, a whole bunch of acronyms and abbreviations.</p> <p>It's hard to begin and the current state seems to be undecided. It is mainly based on Zope2, but incorporates Zope3 via Five. And there are XML config files everywhere.</p> <p>Does the steep learning curve pay of? Is this complexity still justified today?</p> <p>Background: I need a platform. Customers often need a CMS. I'm currently reading "<a href="http://plone.org/news/book-professional-plone-development-now-shipping" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Professional Plone Development</a>", without prior knowledge of Plone.</p> <p>The problem: Customers don't always want the same and you can't know beforehand. One thing is sure: They don't want the default theme of Plone. But any additional feature is a risk. You can't just start and say "<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/348044/what-could-justify-the-complexity-of-plone/351692#351692">If you want to see the complexity of Plone, you have to ask for it.</a>" when you don't know the system good enough to plan.</p>

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