CMS for The Future Projects

After lengthy research, I have found, without much surprise, the top three CMS's are WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla. these are the most widely used and most common content management systems. These top three are consistent no matter where you look on the internet, WebDevNews, WebDesignerDepot, and NetTuts all agree on the top three.
There are definitely more out there, and many comparison charts to help you choose, but when it comes down to it, WordPress seems to be the most widely known and with that, the easiest to get into.
WordPress

If you haven't heard of a content management system before, you still have probably have heard the name WordPress, there is reasoning behind this, and it is because the ease is what has made is so popular.
Now, I personally do not like a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor because it creates bloated code isn't the cleanest way to do things, (think using a hose to mop the kitchen floor, it will get done, but probably with lots of excess water)

This is the hard coder who will save you from the WYSIWYG flood

For most people this will not be an issue, mostly because they don't even have to look at the source code, but as designers, our world revolves around it.
Perks of WordPress
WordPress has many features like Plugins and Themes.
The community behind Wordpress is impressive to say the least, with forums and the contributions to make everything simple, such as the plugins page, it seems effortless to find what you are looking for.
The themes page as well has lists of featured themes, popular themes, and newest themes, as a designer, these are all starting points to tweak and modify, but for a basic client, or one who is doing this on their own, this is the perfect solution.
My Choice is Made

And it is a choice of a new generation

WordPress takes the cake with ease for the simple fact of ease and popularity. This may not be the case for everybody, I consider myself more of a graphic designer than a script and code writer. For a starting point in the content management system world, WordPress should be your base as you stretch out into the wild hills that are made up of TextPattern, Contao, Umbraco, or Concrete5. So go out and enjoy it all.