I hate Wordpress and I'm deeply suspicious of Google motives, but I think this is a good thing.
WP is very popular, but it is terrible from an engineering standpoint. My company decided to move to WP and every time we engage a WP developer or consulting company, and I give them my engineer requirements, most of them pass. I'm talking about things like command-line deployment, publish to test servers with git, things like that. So far, only one firm has not balked at this, and they seem to be very expensive. I don't think Google will put up with this type of thing.
And, don't forget, WP is OSS. Blogger wasn't, so that's why the comparison to it are not apples to apples.
> . I'm talking about things like command-line deployment, publish to test servers with git, things like that.
If you're wanting to do that, why not just use Drupal, which has drush and drupal console. Also, drupal.org uses git for all those third party modules and themes.
> My company decided to move to WP and every time we engage a WP developer or consulting company, and I give them my engineer requirements, most of them pass. I'm talking about things like command-line deployment, publish to test servers with git, things like that.
How common is this with programmers in general though? If you frequent hackernews, you get the impression everyone does these things but this isn't going to be an accurate representation.
That's not a problem with Wordpress' engineering, infact it's a compliment. Many consulting companies work ONLY on wordpress because it is low technical. Seriously, all you need is an FTP client and any old web host and you're in business.
You do not need command-line deployment and test servers with wordpress, that's the whole point.
WP is very popular, but it is terrible from an engineering standpoint. My company decided to move to WP and every time we engage a WP developer or consulting company, and I give them my engineer requirements, most of them pass. I'm talking about things like command-line deployment, publish to test servers with git, things like that. So far, only one firm has not balked at this, and they seem to be very expensive. I don't think Google will put up with this type of thing.
And, don't forget, WP is OSS. Blogger wasn't, so that's why the comparison to it are not apples to apples.