If you've been around for a while you may be aware that Drupal 7 was much more accessible to the casual tinkerer than newer versions of Drupal. You'd regularly see Drupal 7 sites built by people who sometimes refer to themselves as "Site Builders" - a term which describes people who are comfortable building sites with Drupal, but may be less comfortable creating custom modules and themes.
The dropoff in Site Builders' participation since Drupal 7 is due in no small part to Drupal's decision to adopt modern development practices such as object-oriented programming, building on top of the Symfony framework, and utilizing a package manager. These are all good things! But we, as a community, are ready to welcome the casual Site Builder back with our latest developments.
ashrafabed Tue, 03/04/2025