Django or Drupal, which one should I use that suits best my needs?

Question

I want to learn and use Drupal or Django for the following:

dynamic web sites, medium database, multi-level users, paypal integration, content managment, speed (developing), security

I like MVC, ORM and object-oriented prg.

Which is better to jump into ? Which one is more mature, powerful, understandable, object-oriented and easier to use by the time ?

What about Python Spring ...

Also, which of these 3 are better documented, are better for a cv and have more extensions?

Known languages: php, java, mysql

Thank you !

Answer 1

I've built several sites on Drupal and Django, my conclusion is: if you need to create something similar to the standard drupal (or Ubercart) feature-set, you don't have much time for development, and you don't expect hight load pressure on a site - you should pick Drupal.

But if you do need to create something more or less custom (no drupal modules already available) you should go with Django - it is quicker and more pleasurable to implement custom complex features using Django. For example if my goal is to implement a second stackoverflow, I'll prefer Django because it will be extremely complicated to implement this badge-based rating system with Drupal.

P.S. Studying Python (and Django) is an investment in your future, I think. You'll never be able to implement something similar to DropBox using drupal and php, although it could be implemented with java - but java is not so good from development speed perspective.

Answer 2

I'm primarily a (happy) Drupal developer these days, but a friend whose dev skills surpass mine has switched happily from Drupal to Django. Here's his set of reasons.