diff --git a/entries/web-development/why-i-stopped-using-wordpress.md b/entries/web-development/why-i-stopped-using-wordpress.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ccad5a --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/web-development/why-i-stopped-using-wordpress.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +WordPress currently has a bad reputation on the internet. Many people argue that +the technology WordPress uses(PHP) is out of date. Tons of people leave +WordPress for sites like [Wix](https://www.wix.com/) and +[squarespace](https://www.squarespace.com/) simply because they are easier to +use. There are valid points to these arguments. However, I would like to argue +that WordPress is honestly not that terrible. There are hundreds of themes and +plugins which make WordPress a very robust platform to use. Content management +on WordPress is also very easy to manage. It may take more time to set up a +WordPress site; however, it is well worth it in the end. WordPress is definitely +not the solution for every website, but it is still adequate for blogs. + +I did not leave because I hated WordPress, I left simply because I wanted to +build something of my own. This blog has been deserted for several years and I +decided that it was time to bring it back to life. I decided to totally recreate +my blog using Nodejs from the ground up. Going into this endeavor two weeks ago, +I knew absolutely nothing about Nodejs other than it was a JavaScript framework +for back end web development. I knew a fair amount of JavaScript, so the project +went smoothly except for synchronization bugs. Going from PHP development to a +Nodejs development took some transitioning, but in the end, I think it was well +worth it. I will write a post about the differences between PHP and Nodejs in +the future. + +You still might not understand why I stopped using WordPress. Personally, I +think I left because using WordPress would have been too easy. Don’t get me +wrong, GUIs are very nice, but I wanted to know how the blog actually worked. I +could have taken the time to learn how to develop WordPress plugins but that +would have been a waste of time. Even though I feel that WordPress is a good +blogging platform, Nodejs is taking over the web. It is frightening how much +stuff you can do with JavaScript. Not only is Nodejs faster than PHP, but you +can do front and back end web development with it. There are dozens of blogging +platforms written with Nodejs, but I wanted to teach myself how to program +Nodejs by taking on a huge project. + +If you are interested in the source code for this website, check it out on my +[github](https://github.com/jrtechs/NodeJSBlog).