[Typo3-dev] TYPO3 complexity in general

[Johannes Reichardt]

(sorry, didnt want to put this on the general list)

Hey there,

in the last weeks i turned from a typo3 novice into an intermediate 
typo3 user (after 3 years ;)   - i am currently trying to write my own 
plugin and to get a "big picture" of how to achieve what i want to 
achieve in the best way.

Actually thats the point where i still have problems with typo3 - to me 
it feels partly like wonderful overkill which shows kaspers incredible 
capabilities of managing complexity, utilizing every single new 
web-programming goodie, but on the other hand its just too complex and 
options/featurerich for many purposes and "normal" users.

Let me take one example. The Mininews extension puts some styles on 
every single page which is completly unnecessary - but there is still no 
"general" way of applying different .js or .css src to the header of 
pages without making template extensions etc...

So my point is, that typo3 could profit from being more easy, right now 
it has come to a point where everything works, but on the other hand 
many things are so extremly redundant that the learning curve is 
becoming steeper and steeper. why not have an external stylesheet for my 
extension?

Kasper wrote something about queries and the size of the database - that 
seems like there will be made some changes to typo3 in the future which 
might add even more complexity - i would like to take this chance and 
put focus in general on the complexity of typo3 and upcoming versions - 
easier is better.

Typo3 has the power to direct people in a "good way" of coding like it 
partly does with the kickstarter, but this concept of having a framework 
that allows neat coding only could be improved and features and options 
could be removed in new versions - back to the roots ;)

(nevertheless amazing and i love it more every day i work with it, just 
my 2 cents)

What you think? Is it a point or am i too lazy to learn tons of new 
concepts?

- Johannes