Drupal Architecture
Importance of good architecture
The success or failure of a (complex) website depends for a very large part on the quality of the architecture.
Typical questions that should be answered in an early phase are:
- What is the data model behind the website ?
- How will languages be handled ?
- How will user access be handled ? Do we allow the use of custom cookies etc ?
- How will layout and theming be organized ?
- What part will be programmed on back-end, what part on front-end ?
- What parts of the website can be reused on other parts ?
- What version of Drupal shall be used (Drupal 6, Drupal 7) and what modules ?
- What are the functionalities that have to be customly developed ?
- Etc.
Experience
We have seen many different types of projects -designed, architectured and developed by different types of teams-. Therefore we have seen where it can go wrong, but also where things can run smoothly.
These important lessons from experience are the base of our work as a Drupal Architect.
What about you ? How is your project going ? Have you spent enough time on your data model, on your architecture ? Do you need some help ?
Let us know !
