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Recommended Reading

General

• Joomla Beginning Developer Course
• Setting up your workstation for Joomla! development
• Secure coding guidelines

Specific

• Developing a Model-View-Controller Component
• File Structure and Naming Conventions
• Component Program Flow. UML sequence diagrams showing the control flow for a component.
• Component parameters
• Components:xml installfile. An example component XML installation file.
• Manifest files for the installation of extensions
• Supporting SEF URLs in your component
• Supporting plugins in your component
• Using JPagination in your component
• Adding sortable columns to a table in a component
• Using the JPane classes in a component
• Using the JHtmlTabs class in a component
• Using the editor in a component
• Adding AJAX to your component
• Ajax using MooTools
• How to add breadcrumbs
• Sending email from extensions
• Using the JToolBar class in the frontend
• Creating a toolbar for your component
• Creating a file uploader in your component
• Adding Javascript moo.fx to your component
• Adding view layout configuration parameters
• Using a custom image in the menu bar title
• How to implement XML-RPC in a component
• Using multiple models in an MVC component
• Adding ACL rules to your component
• How to create a modal form field in 1.6/1.7
• JController and its subclass usage overview
• Managing Component Updates with Joomla!1.6 - Part 1
• Xml-rpc changes in Joomla! 1.6
• Creating PDF views
• Components:jform fields. and their usage

Tutorials

List of all articles belonging to the categories "Tutorials" AND "Component Development"

API Guides Absolute Basics of How a Component Functions Accessing the current user object Adapting a Joomla 1.5 extension to Joomla 2.5 Adding ACL rules to your component Adding JavaScript and CSS to the page Adding JavaScript and CSS to the page Adding JavaScript and CSS to the page/de Adding JavaScript and CSS to the page/en Adding custom fields/Implement into your component Adding custom fields/Implement into your component/en Adding custom fields/Implement into your component/fr Adding custom fields/Implement into your component/zh-cn Adding custom fields/Overrides Adding custom fields to the article component Adding print pop-up functionality to a component Adding sortable columns to a table in a component Basic form guide Cache Basic API Guide Categories and CategoryNodes API Guide Client-side form validation Column alias Creating a file uploader in your component Creating a modal form field Creating a toolbar for your component Creating a toolbar for your component/en Developing a MVC Component Developing a MVC Component Developing a MVC Component/Adding ACL/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding a menu type to the site part/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding a model to the site part/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding a variable request in the menu type/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding a view to the site part/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding an install-uninstall-update script file/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding an update server/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding backend actions/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding categories/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding configuration/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding decorations to the backend/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding language management/en Developing a MVC Component/Adding verifications/en Developing a MVC Component/Basic backend/en Developing a MVC Component/Basic backend/fr Developing a MVC Component/Developing a Basic Component/en Developing a MVC Component/Example of a frontend update function/en Developing a MVC Component/Example of menu parameters and stylesheets/en Developing a MVC Component/Introduction Developing a MVC Component/Introduction/en Developing a MVC Component/Using the database/en Developing a MVC Component/Using the language filter facility/en Developing a MVC Component/de Developing a MVC Component/en Developing a MVC Component/en Developing a MVC Component/pt-br Developing a MVC Component/ru Developing a component frontend update function Developing an MVC Component Developing an MVC Component Developing an MVC Component/Adding ACL Developing an MVC Component/Adding AJAX Developing an MVC Component/Adding Access Developing an MVC Component/Adding Associations Developing an MVC Component/Adding Cache Developing an MVC Component/Adding Checkout Developing an MVC Component/Adding Custom Fields Developing an MVC Component/Adding Levels Developing an MVC Component/Adding Ordering Developing an MVC Component/Adding Tags

Developing an MVC Component/Adding Versioning Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Feed Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Map Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Menu Type to the Site Part Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Menu Type to the Site Part/de Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Menu Type to the Site Part/en Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Menu Type to the Site Part/fr Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Modal Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Model to the Site Part Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Model to the Site Part/de Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Model to the Site Part/en Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Model to the Site Part/it Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Model to the Site Part/zh-tw Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Request Variable in the Menu Link Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Request Variable in the Menu Link/de Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Request Variable in the Menu Link/en Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Request Variable in the Menu Link/fr Developing an MVC Component/Adding a Request Variable in the Menu Link/zh-tw Developing an MVC Component/Adding a View to the Site Part Developing an MVC Component/Adding a View to the Site Part/de Developing an MVC Component/Adding a View to the Site Part/en Developing an MVC Component/Adding a batch process Developing an MVC Component/Adding a front-end form Developing an MVC Component/Adding a menu type to the site part Developing an MVC Component/Adding a menu type to the site part/en Developing an MVC Component/Adding a model to the site part Developing an MVC Component/Adding a variable request in the menu type Developing an MVC Component/Adding a variable request in the menu type/en Developing an MVC Component/Adding a view to the site part Developing an MVC Component/Adding a view to the site part/de Developing an MVC Component/Adding a view to the site part/en Developing an MVC Component/Adding a view to the site part/pt-br Developing an MVC Component/Adding a view to the site part/ru Developing an MVC Component/Adding an Image Developing an MVC Component/Adding an alias Developing an MVC Component/Adding an install-uninstall-update script file Developing an MVC Component/Adding an update server Developing an MVC Component/Adding backend actions Developing an MVC Component/Adding backend actions/en Developing an MVC Component/Adding backend actions/it Developing an MVC Component/Adding backend actions/zh-tw Developing an MVC Component/Adding categories Developing an MVC Component/Adding configuration Developing an MVC Component/Adding decorations to the backend Developing an MVC Component/Adding language management Developing an MVC Component/Adding verifications Developing an MVC Component/Adding verifications/en Developing an MVC Component/Adding verifications/it Developing an MVC Component/Adding verifications/zh-tw Developing an MVC Component/Basic backend Developing an MVC Component/Developing a Basic Component Developing an MVC Component/Developing a Basic Component Developing an MVC Component/Developing a Basic Component/de Developing an MVC Component/Developing a Basic Component/en Developing an MVC Component/Developing a Basic Component/en Developing an MVC Component/Developing a Basic Component/pt-br Developing an MVC Component/Developing a Basic Component/ru Developing an MVC Component/Developing a Basic Component/zh-cn Developing an MVC Component/Example of a frontend update function Developing an MVC Component/Introduction Developing an MVC Component/Introduction Developing an MVC Component/Introduction/de Developing an MVC Component/Introduction/en Developing an MVC Component/Introduction/en Developing an MVC Component/Introduction/fr Developing an MVC Component/Introduction/it Developing an MVC Component/Introduction/pl Developing an MVC Component/Introduction/pl

Developing an MVC Component/Introduction/pt-br Developing an MVC Component/Introduction/zh-cn Developing an MVC Component/Language Management Developing an MVC Component/Language Management/de Developing an MVC Component/Language Management/en Developing an MVC Component/Language Management/fr Developing an MVC Component/Language Management/zh-tw Developing an MVC Component/Setting up the Database Developing an MVC Component/Setting up the Database/de Developing an MVC Component/Setting up the Database/en Developing an MVC Component/Setting up the Database/fr Developing an MVC Component/Setting up the Database/zh-hant Developing an MVC Component/Using the database Developing an MVC Component/Using the language filter facility Developing an MVC Component/de Developing an MVC Component/en Developing an MVC Component/en Developing an MVC Component/es Developing an MVC Component/fa Developing an MVC Component/fr Developing an MVC Component/it Developing an MVC Component/it Developing an MVC Component/pl Developing an MVC Component/pl Developing an MVC Component/pt-br Developing an MVC Component/tr Developing an MVC Component/zh-tw Display error messages and notices Display error messages and notices/en Extension Installer Extension Installer/en Getting Started with Object Oriented Programming How to add breadcrumbs How to add breadcrumbs How to add breadcrumbs How to add breadcrumbs/en How to add custom filters to components How to create DOCX views Managing Component Updates Menu and Menuitems API Guide Supporting SEF URLs in your component Supporting SEF URLs in your component Supporting plugins in your component Supporting plugins in your component/de Supporting plugins in your component/en Supporting plugins in your component/fr Supporting plugins in your component/tr Supporting plugins in your component/zh-tw Table Advanced API Guide Table Basic API Guide Tags API Guide URLs in Joomla Using JPagination in your component Using multiple models in an MVC component Using own library in your extensions Using own library in your extensions/de Using own library in your extensions/en Using own library in your extensions/fa Using the JFactory class Using the JHtmlTabs class in a component Using the JTable class Using the JTable class/en Using the JTable class/fr Using the JTable class/it Using the JTable class/nl Using the JToolBar class in the frontend

FAQ

List of all articles belonging to the categories "FAQ" AND "Component Development"

• Extensions GPL notices
• Extensions GPL notices/de
• Extensions GPL notices/en
• Extensions distribution
• Extensions distribution/de
• Extensions distribution/en
• How can you view a live site while developing, but hide it from others?
• How do you add a PayPal button?
• How to determine browser capabilities
• How to determine browser capabilities/en
• How to implement XML-RPC in a component
• How to implement XML-RPC in a component/en

Getting Started with Joomla! · FAQs · Glossary · Tips and tricks · Terms of Service

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<translate> What is a Joomla! Component?</translate>

A component is a kind of Joomla! extension. Components are the main functional units of Joomla!; they can be seen as mini-applications. An easy analogy would be that Joomla! is the operating system and the components are desktop applications. They are usually displayed in the center of the main content area of a template (depending on the template).</translate>

<translate> Most components have two main parts: an administrator part and a site part. The site part is what is used to render pages when being called during normal site operation. The administrator part provides an interface to configure and manage different aspects of the component and is accessible through the Joomla! administrator application.</translate>

<translate> Joomla! comes with a number of core components, like the content management system and contact forms.</translate>

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See also: Module, Plugin, Template</translate>

• Adding ACL rules to your component   
• Adding sortable columns to a table in a component   
• Creating a toolbar for your component   
• File Structure and Naming Conventions    
• How to add breadcrumbs  
• JController and its subclass usage overview   
• Manifest files    (For the installation of extensions.)
• Sending email from extensions  
• Supporting SEF URLs in your component  
• Using multiple models in an MVC component   
• Using the JHtmlTabs class in a component   
• Using the JToolBar class in the frontend   
• Using Tags in an Extension
• JSON Responses with JResponseJson
• Creating a file uploader in your component
• How to add custom filters to components
• Managing Component Updates - Part 1
• Creating Mootools accordion or simple slider/toggler
• Creating PDF views