What is a”content management system.” and Is it just for websites? Content management system or CMS for short is a web application or software that manages digital content, allowing multiple contributors to create, edit and publish from a single dashboard.  (Information taken from optimizly.com) but put in simpler terms  it is an app or website that manages digital content while still allowing its users to publish content on its website/app.

Let’s  Compare and contrast building a website using a CMS and coding a website by hand using HTML/CSS. Shall we? Let’s start with CMS. Some of the pros of coding a website using CMS is good security, customization options, Easy collaboration management, and pretty cost effective. Meanwhile the cons of making a CMS website are not as severe as the positives. There is a learning curve, security vulnerabilities, dependency on third party plugins, and performance issues. Html on the other hand has almost completely different pros and cons to CMS.

Html is very convenient, easy to learn, and cost effective. Html’s negatives are also different but not that bad compared to the positives. It is static and that is the most major downside and also weak security. That means data breaches and hackers can easily access the HTML websites data. So I would say personally that CMS is better for web development because of the customization and security of data

Now you may wonder how CMSs impact the web design industry? CMS makes it easy to update your website without having to research advanced technical skills and many web designers use it without the project managers support.