Is it possible to work with Bitrix CMS having experience only with other frameworks (Yii2, Lumen...)?

Question

1C-Bitrix

Good afternoon!
Interested in the differences between CMS Bitrix and working with it, from working with frameworks and, for example, CMS Wordpress. There is a desire to finalize the site on Bitrix CMS, but I have never worked with it before. Differences in terms of application architecture, license restrictions (it’s also paid), API documentation for plugins with clear examples...
I heard they have some kind of CDN that supposedly speeds up sites many times (once I saw one site with their CDN, somehow not impressed, the free Cloudflare will probably be faster). If true, how to use it effectively?
And finally. Do I need to get a yellow card from 1C to work with their CMS as a freelancer, or is it only in 1C: Enterprise?

Answer 1

The most important plus of Bitrix is ​​that the client is ready to pay money for it, and therefore, customers of sites on free engines are usually miser, and are not used to paying a lot of money, considering that since the engine is free, the rest should also be free.
Bitrix Framework, exactly the same modular as the rest, supports composer. There is extensive documentation in the public domain. Nothing is needed to work with Bitrix, but if you become a partner, you can receive partner discounts.
PS: CDN is immediately disabled, this is not a key feature.

Answer 2

Good afternoon.
With your permission, I will begin to answer your questions in order
cardinal differences.
Starting from the architectural approach (mixed routing, based on physical files + urlrewrite) and ending with the system paradigm (it is aimed at the end user, not the developer).
Now many will run up and say not to do this, but it’s a good task to broaden one’s horizons, but it’s worth starting with studying the documentation.
If for laravel you can read a couple of articles and examples and do something, then for Bitrix until you study and receive certificates, you can’t do anything except vyser, and if you don’t want to read and learn, is it worth doing vyser?
Yes, paid, but 30 days (and in fact ~ 45 days), all the features of the product are completely for you.
For the most part, there is documentation, but as soon as you start digging deeper, it immediately disappears.
Third party plugins are often undocumented and there are no clear examples.
According to Bitrix, only infoblocks and an online store are normally described, but not all aspects.
Yes, there is, but due to the influx of users, it slows down the speed of the product.
It is better not to use or use, but your own.
In order to work as a freelancer, you don’t need anything - you take it and work.
In the best case, you need to pass certification + 2 full-time exams. You will learn to understand the system and many typical requests for landing pages and pages will be made automatically.

Answer 3

Is it possible to work with Bitrix CMS having experience only with other frameworks

- it will be difficult to start working right away. Need training and education. Month minimum. Here was the topic of Bitrix.CMS threshold of entry?
plus there was also a topic on how to learn Bitrix
- CMS Bitrix is ​​a ready-made commercial product based on the Bitrix framework, it makes no sense to compare it with other frameworks. You are not going to develop your own control system, are you?
- CMS Bitrix contains a package of all necessary modules and functionality depending on the type of license edition. CMS Wordpress is an empty blogging engine and where third-party plugins implement one or another functionality. It is radically different from Bitrix.
You need to understand a simple thing, Bitrix is ​​just a tool for solving problems, and these problems can be solved successfully.

Answer 4

To work with Bitrix, you need to know it, and well (very well). The system is quite complex, it has a lot of code, apparently made by different people at different times on different versions of PHP.
If you spend half a year or a year on studying Biryx, then this is a guaranteed "bread" - there are many customers, and they are ready to pay.
But I would not use Bitrix as a base for some of my projects (as a replacement for Laravel).