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=== General ===
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* [[Setting up your workstation for Joomla! development]].  A step-by-step guide to installing the Eclipse IDE on your local workstation for Joomla! development.
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* [[Setting up your workstation for extension development]] A guide to Joomla Extension development
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* [http://community.joomla.org/blogs/community/828-webinar-using-eclipse-for-joomla-development.html Using Eclipse for Joomla! Development] Video webinar demonstrating overview of Eclipse features for Joomla! development
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* [[Running Automated Tests for Version 1.6]] {{JVer|1.6}}
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* [[How to debug your code]] ([[Do not use die to debug]]!)
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=== Modules ===
 
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=== Plugins ===
 
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=== Templates ===
 
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===Parameters===
 
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* [[Standard parameter types]]
 
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* [[Custom parameter types]]
 
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* [[Component parameters]]
 
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* [[Creating custom template parameter types]]
 
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* [[Banner component]] {{JVer|1.6}}
 
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=== Security ===
 
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* [[How to add CSRF anti-spoofing to forms]]
 
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* [http://developer.joomla.org/tutorials/181-preventing-sql-injections.html Preventing SQL Injections]
 
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* [[Securing Joomla extensions]]
 
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=== Database ===
 
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* [[How to use the database classes in your script]]
 
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* [[How to use the JTable class]]
 
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* [[How to connect to an external database]]
 
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=== Localisation ===
 
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* [http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/508-developer-localization-advancements-in-joomla-15.html Localization Advancements in Joomla! 1.5]
 
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* [[Adding multi-language support]]
 
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* [[Language Guidelines for 3rd Party Extensions]]
 
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* [[Adding Joomfish functionality to custom components]]
 
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* [[Specification of language files]] {{JVer|1.6}}
 
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* [[Language Metadata]] {{JVer|1.6}}
 
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=== Access Control ===
 
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* [[Access Control System In Joomla 1.6]] {{JVer|1.6}}
 
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=== Miscellaneous ===
 
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* [[How to use the filesystem package]]
 
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* [[API Execution Order]]
 
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* [[Accessing the current user object]]
 
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* [[Adding JavaScript and CSS to the page]]
 
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* [[Constants]] used in the Joomla [[Framework]].
 
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* [[Client-side form validation]]
 
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* [[How to create a custom button]]
 
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* [[How to create a stand-alone application using the Joomla! Framework]]
 
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* [[How to use user state variables]]
 
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* [[Adding template overridable images in your extension]]
 
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* [[Retrieving data from GET and POST requests]]
 
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* [[Cache]] and [[Using caching to speed up your code]]
 
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* [[Using the installer API to support package installation]]
 
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* [[How to add tooltips to your Joomla! website]]
 
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* [[Display error messages and notices]].
 
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* [[Errors]]
 
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* [[Creating a custom form field type]] {{JVer|1.6}}
 
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== Contributing to Joomla Development ==
 
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The development of Joomla itself is carried out by the [[Development Working Group]] and third party developers.
 
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* [[Participating in the community]]: a brief description of how people can get involved.
 
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* [[Developer Email lists]]: a list of email lists for developers, including third party developers.
 
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* [[Coding style and standards]] (To be reviewed).
 
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* [[Setting up your workstation for Joomla! development]].  A step-by-step guide to installing the Eclipse IDE on your local workstation for Joomla! development.
 
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* [http://docs.joomla.org/Setting_up_your_workstation_for_Joomla!_development_--_Part_2#Check_Out_Joomla.21_Source_Code How to check out SVN Code]
 
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* [[Patch submission guidelines]].
 
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* [[Filing bugs and issues]].
 
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* [[How to release a distribution tarball]].
 
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* [[How to create a continuous integration]].
 
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== Contributing to Joomla Developer Documentation ==
 
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* [[API Reference Project]]
 
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=== Suggested topics ===
 
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* [[Adding configuration objects to modules and plugins]].
 
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* [[Storing data in the session between page loads]].
 
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* [[Suppressing output of extra HTML]].
 
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* [[How to use the filter package]].
 
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*: Describe how and when to use the Filter package and explain what needs to be filtered for various situations (for queries, for URLs, etc)
 
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* [[How to use the registry package]]
 
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* [[How to use JSimpleXML]].
 
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*: How to load and store XML files and how to work with them
 
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* [[How to create component feeds]] (RSS/ATOM)
 
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* [[How to create PDF views]]
 
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* [[How to generate paths for client side and server side]]
 
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* [[How to access information from the request]]
 
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* [[How to create an editor plugin]]
 
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* [[What can be done with a user plugin]]
 
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* [[How to work with parameters]]
 
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* [[How to cloak email addresses]]
 
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* [[Using the caching system in your component]]. This might be enough (for now?) -> [[Cache]]
 
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* [[Extending Joomla's MVC Architecture]]
 
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Revision as of 22:05, 14 October 2012

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Joomla! Developers

As a developer you are tasked with altering or extending the functionality of Joomla! or one of its extensions. You will be proficient in a range of programming languages, including PHP, but may be less familiar with such things as JavaScript or CSS. If you are new to Joomla! you will need information about the Joomla! Framework API and how to use it and will probably make extensive use of best practice example code.

A complete contents list of all pages of interest to developers can be found in the development category.

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Resources

General Resources

(Setting up your workstation in several ways (PHP, Joomla!, extension development; Web server, Editor / IDE, Version Control, Building, ..).

For more information, see Joomla! Development for Beginners .


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Components

(UML sequence diagrams showing the control flow for a component.)
(For the installation of extensions.)

For more information, see Component Development.

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Templates

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Database

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Localisation

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Migration

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Modules

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Plugins

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Parameters & Forms

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Security

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Access Control

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Miscellaneous

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Contributing to Joomla Development

The development of Joomla itself is carried out by the Development Working Group and third party developers.

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Contributing to Joomla Developer Documentation

The development of Joomla developer documentation is carried out primarily by the Documentation Working Group. There is currently one sub-projects of interest to developers:

When creating a new page, ensure you place the following marker at the bottom of the page so it is included in the category list: 

[[Category:Development]]

If you locate other articles you think are relevant to developers, please add this marker to those pages.

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Projects

Suggested topics

This is a short list of articles that might be written to support developers. Please feel free to add further topic ideas.

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Joomla! Security Guide

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