Tutorial : Neutered Nodes: CCK's Dark Secret

Thanks to numerous improvements in CCK itself, and drupal 5.0, I now officially disagree with myself in this article. My criticisms last October no longer apply -- CCK now makes everything easier, and I've personally had an easy time pushing changes from development, to stage, to production using CCK. Consider this article a historical curiosity. More info...

Update: this is a fairly contentious claim, so be sure to read the discussion in the comments

When planning the development of a drupal site, be wary of using the content construction kit (CCK). While its one of drupal's most powerful modules, its also probably one of the most inappropriately used.

In general, I'd only recommend using CCK when:

1. The client being able to define their own content types is a top priority.

2. You don't need to alter the node forms.

3. You won't be needing to integrate the nodes into other modules.

4. And overall, you won't need to do anything special with the nodes.

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Courtesy : nicklewis.org