[TYPO3-50-general] [TYPO3-dev] For whom do we/you develop

[Sebastian Kurfürst]

Hi Peter,

at the CoreDevDays directly in front of the Developer Days, we have  
been talking a lot about the content model of TYPO3 v5. After this  
discussion I feel that v5 will change the way you can deal with  
content in a CMS, the same way as FLOW3 changes the way you develop.

FLOW3 has not been built out of nothing, we learned from lots of other  
real-world framework, looked at their benefits and their problems -  
and I feel that we have created a very well-balanced framework which  
gives you quick results and many possibilities.

And, actually, you can use it already right now by using Extbase and  
Fluid in TYPO3 version 4.3.

The long-term goal for v5 was "Usability for developers" (besides  
Usability for the users), and actually the feedback we got from people  
trying out Extbase, FLOW3 and also building MVC based extensions is  
that this really speeds their development up.

I agree with you that it was sometimes difficult to transport the  
above ideas to the community, but finally I think on the Developer  
Days we succeeded in doing so (have you been there? It was a great  
event :-) )

I fear that, in case we wouldn't have FLOW3 / v5 development now,  
developers will soon use a different framework than TYPO3 v4, which is  
easier to learn, more consistent and gives you faster results. Thus, I  
think it's essential that FLOW3 has been developed.

Just my 0,02cents, hope you see some of my points!
Greets from Dresden,
Sebastian
PS: And actually, the first FLOW3 alpha is right around the corner,  
and we'll soon focus on the development of TYPO3 v5.