Joomla! Framework vs Joomla! Platform
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Framework
| The Joomla! Framework[1] was an important part of the Joomla! CMS architecture in the versions 1.5 and 1.6. It was based on modern object-oriented design patterns that make the Joomla core highly maintainable and easily extendable. Between April and July 2011, the Framework was rebranded as the Joomla! Platform and is now being developed separately from the Joomla! CMS. The first version of the CMS to ship with the Platform was version 1.7.
Third party developers benefit from the rich, and easily accessible functionality that the Joomla Framework provides. |
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Introduction to Platform
The Joomla Platform is a platform for writing Web and command line applications in PHP. It is free and open source software, distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later. The Joomla Content Management System (CMS) is built on top of the Joomla Platform.[2] | |
| The release of the Joomla Platform on 5 July 2011[3] marked an important change in the Joomla! CMS architecture. From the very beginning of Joomla!, the Joomla! CMS and its Framework, which the Joomla! CMS Application was built on, were an integral part of each other. The main difference now with the release of the Joomla! Platform is the separation of the Joomla! Framework from the Joomla! CMS Application. Before, from the previous Joomla! Framework could not be used separate from the Joomla! CMS Application. Now, the Joomla! Platform is a completely independent set of libraries which do not require the Joomla! CMS Application. These libraries are made up of libraries maintained by the Joomla! Project and libraries maintained by other 3rd party developers. 'Connectors' or 'Event Listeners' which are simply called Plugins, can now be created by 3rd party developers to interact with either or both libraries to create Applications independent of the Joomla! CMS Application.
The home of the Joomla! Platform is the joomla/joomla-platform GitHub repository that contains the source, documentation and means to contribute (pull requests). |
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Differences
The Joomla! Platform can now be used to build other CMS Applications or Web and command line Applications specific to a developer's needs such as eCommerce, Social Media, and other stand alone Applications. The Platform is stored on GitHub, which allows developers to easily fork the Platform code for their own purposes, and then if they want, integrate it into the main code branch. This will encourage more developers and even attract larger corporations to contribute to the Joomla! Platform who might not have done so before.[4]
Another good thing about the separation of the the Joomla! Platform it has a release schedule of every 3 months which allows for a faster integration of core features used by extension developers. The version number is determined by the the year of its release. For example, Joomla! Platform 11.1 was released in 2011 and 12.1 was released in 2012.[5]
See also and References
- ↑ See also Subpackages
- ↑ https://github.com/joomla/joomla-platform
- ↑ http://developer.joomla.org/news/362-version-11-1-of-the-joomla-platform-released.html
- ↑ http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Dec-2011/item/616-Write-your-own-App-using-Joomla-Platform?tmpl=component&print=1
- ↑ http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Dec-2011/item/616-Write-your-own-App-using-Joomla-Platform?tmpl=component&print=1
