Unfortunately, with Drupal, there is a number of learning paradigms that you have to discover, which can make it difficult to understand as a newcomer. However, once these have been crossed, the value grows exponentially.

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The setup of the Hello World module is pretty vanilla. Drupal takes a lot more of customization to make it something your clients seek to use.

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In terms of implementing Drupal, for us (the developers) it was pretty straightforward. There wasn't much of an issue.

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The learning curve is rather complex but once you reach a certain level, then there is no limit.

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Drupal 8 can be somewhat complex to set up because of the supporting technologies that should be installed, such as Composer, Drush, and Drupal Console.

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The basic setup of Drupal is easy and straightforward. The learning curve to make complex changes or modules is quite steep in Drupal. This learning curve is even steeper in Drupal Version 8 than it was in Drupal Versions 6 and 7.

They use a specific set of hooks to process your code in the application that takes some time to get used to.

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The initial set up was challenging as Drupal has a very steep learning curve. Drupal 8 is easier and a little more intuitive, but it is still a steep learning curve. With Drupal 8, you also have to be somewhat familiar with Object Oriented Programming if you want to understand how to extend its functionality beyond simple plug-and-play systems. This may not be the case with people not oriented toward programming or coding. In that case, OOP and the new structure of D8 will prove overwhelming.

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This is very relative. If you are using other contributed projects like the DrupalVM or Kalabox, the initial setup is less complex, because you don't have to configure all of the web stack (which is usually LAMP).

On the other hand, if you want to have your custom environment self-configured, you have to organize all the system requirements to run Drupal properly. This will include a web server (Apache, Nginx), a SQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL), the PHP language, and helper tools like Drush.

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We are talking 10 years ago, and the product was not what it is today, especially regarding the UX. It was a bit complex. It had no integrated rich text editor, nor native media handling. It is easier today.

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It is pretty simple to install, but more complex to configure and get going.

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The Drupal Version 8 setup is pretty straightforward. You can do it on the cloud without any technical knowledge or you can do it on your local environment.

To test on the local environment I recommend using:

• Docker (https://www.docker.com) by using Drupal customised containers (https://github.com/wodby/docker4drupal)
• Kalabox (http://www.kalabox.io) - Docker based but with nice UI.

• DrupalVM (https://www.drupalvm.com)

For a quick test, you can use https://simplytest.me. (You can virtually test any version and most of the main modules.)

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The initial setup was straightforward. However, you still need to read the documentation and watch the tutorials, so you will be able to configure, use it properly, and utilize most of its features.

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To set up Drupal, you need a web server with PHP and DBMS. This is supported by Drupal. MySQL is the most common one, but Drupal supports others as well.

There are various tools for local setup (Acquia Dev Desktop), for hosting services and for the cloud setup (Pantheon, Platform.sh). These are preconfigured for Drupal and are really easy to set up.

In case you want to setup Drupal from scratch, you need basic information about the servers and file permissions. In that case, you'll find that Drupal is pretty easy to set up.

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The initial installation process is much more improved and relatively straightforward. It’s still a bit developer-orientated, which can be confusing for non-developers.

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Setting up Drupal itself is straightforward. Implementing all the functionality required for a large, complex site becomes a large work effort. There are thousands of community modules available to add functionality, so determining the best way to add functionality (if you do not have trusted, experienced Drupal developers in-house) becomes a multi-pronged activity of discussions with the community, searching and comparing existing modules, and decisions about using them versus building custom modules. View full review »

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The setup is pretty simple and intuitive. It, of course, involves a little bit of technical knowledge, such as how to set up the DB and giving some folders a special writing permission.

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The Drupal installation is simple. However, it is complex to start because you don’t get an out-of-the-box working website with all of what you need. You get a web platform with a lot of great tools and pieces to start building.

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Being open source, Drupal can be set up by just about anybody. It’s the customization and integrations that require technical skills.

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For your first time, you’ll need to read up on the Drupal.org documentation on how to set up a site locally. As you go through that process yourself, if you run into any issues Drupal will show you error messages pointing you in the right direction to troubleshoot. You should be able to do a quick google search for anything that looks foreign to you, just make sure you add ‘Drupal 7’ (or whatever version you’re using) to your search query to narrow down the results. A base understanding of MySQL will be required in order to set up a database, or at the very least you’ll need to know how to use tools such as PHPmyAdmin or other apps like Sequel Pro will definitely come in handy. View full review »

The installation was super easy. You just need to run the Wizard.

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Drupal is a CMS and can easily be installed. The setup is as easy as any other CMS. What is different in Drupal, is that the community is very active in the packages to install. Some main features regarding the
installation are:

• It is composer compatible. A user can use composer to quickly build and install Drupal.
• It has its own cli tool called Drush. It can also be used to quickly build and install Drupal. Drush can also use site.make
  files in order to manage the installation of the Drupal CMS. Drush can even update the core code in a single command.
• It has its own UI for installing and updating modules. Even for sitebuilders, Drupal is easy to extend through its module
  management UI.
• It has a website with thousands of pages of documentation. It is really easy to find support.
• And if all the rest are not enough, it comes with an easy UI wizard that allows to install through the interface.

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The setup is definitely complex. In order to develop a Drupal website, you have to set up a local development environment or server.

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Straightforward

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The initial setup was easy and straightforward. It took us about an hour to deploy the program, but customization took a little longer.

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The initial setup is easy and straightforward.

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The setup was easy.

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Initial setup is straightforward and simple.

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The initial setup in the new version is extremely easy and fast with Drupal VM or Docker. In drupal.org you can find a lot of other possible solutions.

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The initial setup was very complex, due to the lack of proper documentation.

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The setup was not complex. Step-by-step instructions help you during the setup.

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