A content management system also known as CMS is an application that is used to manage content, allowing multiple contributors to create, edit and publish. Content in a CMS is typically stored in a database and displayed in a presentation layer based on a set of templates like a website. Most websites use a content management system, but you could make one without a CMS, writing directly in a programming language like HTML and CSS.
CMS helps users understand, maintain, and manage content stored within a database in a web server with proper security to support the site with protocols and can be assembled using flexible programming and markup languages such as HTML and PHP ( Hypertext Preprocessor ).
I would say that currently CMS is the way to go when making a website. It makes the programming easier than HTML and gives you so many more benefits than HTML does. Just listing a few pros and cons of HTML first the PROS, HTML is more secure than CMS so there is less of a chance of you being hacked, Some CMS pages can be very code heavy so it could cause them to open slower, you can use other coding language to incorporate into your website. Some CONS are It takes longer to code the website using HTML, older versions of HTML can make updating the code a little harder to do if need be. Some PROS of CMS are, The ability to control design using CSS files is a great functionality, You can have 100% control over your URL, title, meta tags as well as every aspect of your content on a page. Some CONS are, If you really want a good looking website, you will need some HTML knowledge so you would need HTML in the end anyways, You might have to be a bit technical to be able to implement a CMS. You might also need to do some research or get some outside help.
No I wouldn’t say that CMS is taking away jobs from web developers I would say that it is making it easier for them in a sense. That is if they use it then it could benefit them and they wouldn’t have to spend as much time making a website and can make more money by making more websites faster and getting clients more often. But I could see how it is taking away from the authentic feel of making websites for some developers who love the HTML or CSS coding and do it just for that.
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