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What is Drupal ? What is Content Management System??

Before  Diving into Drupal 8 Learning ,
                   
                           One who must know what is drupal .


What is Drupal ?

Drupal  is one among the Content Managment System .

Then next rising  question is


What is  Content Management System . ?

 To explain about Content Mangement System lets start with an example

If you want to sell your products in online , you can sell by passing some of the information about your product in web by giving

  1. Name of the Product
  2. Image of the Product 
  3. Price of the Product ....etc



As a whole you are describing your content

For managing large amount of data like this you need a system for flexibility  and ease of use

So you may think like developing a system from scratch to sell a product

Ohhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!

 You are not a professional then only option  is to use web frame works for creating a websites to your product and share your views  and so on

Now you can have a  little bit understanding of CMS..

Drupal is one amoung the PhP Based CMS

Drupal is developed by Dries Butyaert

Many websites are created using Drupal

Drupal is open source so anyone can use it at a free of cost...

You can learn more about drupal using the official link www.drupal.org

We can learn more about Drupal By upcoming Posts.......





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