lecture: Stone Masons vs. 3D printer in the CMS world

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Content management systems are no doubt a pillar for the internet, empowering non programmers to build websites. However by their nature such CMS solutions tend to bring a ton of features that are not going to be used. Worse these features sometimes are even a hinderance when one needs to build something a bit more unique and custom. As such building a custom website with a CMS is a bit like being a stone mason working from a gigantic hunk of rock. The Symfony CMF proposes a different approach for such use cases. By providing essentially a framework of use at will tools its more like using a 3D printer to precisely put together exactly the pieces needed for the project. This talk will introduce the philosophy of Symfony CMF and the tools it provides.

Content management systems are no doubt a pillar for the internet, empowering non programmers to build websites. However by their nature such CMS solutions tend to bring a ton of features that are not going to be used. Worse these features sometimes are even a hinderance when one needs to build something a bit more unique and custom. As such building a custom website with a CMS is a bit like being a stone mason working from a gigantic hunk of rock. The Symfony CMF proposes a different approach for such use cases. By providing essentially a framework of use at will tools its more like using a 3D printer to precisely put together exactly the pieces needed for the project. This talk will introduce the philosophy of Symfony CMF and the tools it provides.