With so many popular content management systems (cms) and blogging tools on the market, it is difficult to choose which one is right for you as a developer, but also right for your clients.  After much research (and some seriously late nights) on which cms or blogging tool I thought would meet my expectations, I chose ExpressionEngine (EE).  I first learned of ExpressionEngine in a book called Blog Design Solutions written by a group of highly respected individuals in the industry.  The book didn’t compare the products, but had a chapter on the each of the more popular tools; WordPress, Movable Type, TextPattern, ExpressionEngine, and of course the option to build your own.  The first thing I did was build my own.  I thought it was great but very time-consuming.  I wrote a few different basic content management systems featuring blogs with the help of the internet and many other books.  I thought it was great fun and still do.  However, I’m not sure if that is the best option for every website and especially if time is a factor.