Difference between revisions of "Developers"

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<translate> The development of Joomla! itself is carried out by the Production Department and third party developers. This page is a starting point for developers interested in the development of components, modules, plugins and templates.</translate>

<translate> Have an Interest in Core Contributions?</translate>

General Resources[edit]

<translate> There are several ways of setting up your workstation in for Joomla! development. Some suggestions can be found at Setting up your workstation for Joomla development.</translate>

<translate> Next, you should familiarise yourself with Joomla! Secure coding guidelines and the short article on Joomla! Development Best Practices.</translate>

<translate> Documentation on the Joomla! API can assist with becoming familiar with the foundations of the Joomla! code base.</translate>

<translate> Finally, Joomla! has many resources for developers. Our Joomla! Resources page will get you pointed in the right direction if you need help and solutions.</translate>

Components[edit]

<translate> Component Development</translate>

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<translate> Intro to Component Development</translate>

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<translate> General Information</translate>

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<translate> FAQs</translate>

<translate> Tutorials</translate>

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For more articles and information, see the Component Development Portal page.

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Templates[edit]

Our template development documentation contains many articles, FAQs and tutorials. A first step to developing a template is understanding how templates are executed.

Beginners[edit]

Intermediate[edit]

Portal:Developers/Modules

Contributing to Documentation[edit]

<translate> 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:</translate> <translate>

Developer Tutorials Project</translate>

<translate> 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:</translate>

[[Category:Development]]

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

Suggested topics[edit]

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

Adding configuration objects to modules and plugins.
Storing data in the session between page loads.
Suppressing output of extra HTML.
Using the filter package.
Describe how and when to use the Filter package and explain what needs to be filtered for various situations (for queries, for URLs, etc)
Using the registry package
How to load and store XML files and how to work with them
Creating component feeds (RSS/ATOM)
Generating paths for client side and server side
Acessing information from the request
This focuses on using the JBrowser class to retrieve information about the features available in the user's browser.
Creating an editor plugin
What can be done with a user plugin
Cloaking email addresses
Using the caching system in your component. This might be enough (for now?) → Cache
Extending Joomla's MVC Architecture
How to release a distribution tarball.
Creating a library for your extension(s).

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-A complete contents list of all pages of interest to developers can be found in the [[:Category:Development|development category]].
-== Reference Material ==
+==General Resources==
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Resources}}
-* [[Framework|Joomla Framework]].
-* [http://api.joomla.org API documentation] automatically generated using phpDocumentor.
-* [http://developer.joomla.org/platform-manual.html Platform Manual]
-* [http://developer.joomla.org/coding-standards.html  Coding Standards]
-* [http://developer.joomla.org Developer Website] Development policies and status
-== Joomla Magazine Articles ==
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Components}}
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Aug-2012/item/822-Towards-A-More-Testable-Module Towards a more testable module]
+<hr>
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Apr-2012/item/709-Check-username-availability-with-Ajax Check username availability with Ajax]
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Plugins}}
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/issue-feb-2012/item/671-Developing-a-Smart-Search-Plugin Developing a Smart Search plugin]
+<hr>
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/issue-feb-2012/item/667-Customizing-an-Extensions-Edit-Screen Customising an extension's edit screen]
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Templates}}
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Jan-2012/item/652-Integrating-WebSocket-to-Joomla Integrating WebSocket to Joomla]
+<hr>
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Jan-2012/item/648-Customising-Joomla-Help Customising Joomla help]
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Modules}}
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Dec-2011/item/616-Write-your-own-App-using-Joomla-Platform Write you own app using the Joomla Platform]
+<hr>
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Nov-2011/item/591-Sorting-Articles-by-Recently-Touched-Date Sorting articles by recently touched date]
+{{-}}
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/topics/item/447-using-doctrine-ORM-in-joomla Using Doctrine ORM in Joomla]
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/topics/item/429-templates-within-templates Rapid development techniques - Templates within templates]
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/topics/item/349-removing-mootools Rapid development techniques - Removing MooTools]
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/topics/item/325-Rapid-Development-Techniques-Preventing-Code-Fragmentation Rapid development techniques - Preventing code fragmentation]
-* [http://magazine.joomla.org/topics/item/145-extending-joomla-mvc-architecture Extending Joomla's MVC architecture]
-== Articles and Tutorials ==
+== More Development Topics==
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+<div class="large-4 column">
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Database}}
+</div>
+<div class="large-4 column">
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Localisation}}
+</div>
+<div class="large-4 column">
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Access Control}}
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="large-12 column panel radius" style="background:none;">
+<div class="large-6 column">
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Forms}}
+</div>
+<div class="large-6 column">
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Security}}
+</div>
+</div>
+{{-}}
+<div class="large-12 column panel radius" style="background:none;">
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Miscellaneous}}
+</div>{{-}}
-=== General ===
+<div class="large-12 column panel radius">
-* [[Setting up your workstation for joomla development]]
+== Contributing to Documentation ==
-* [[Joomla Beginning Developer Course]]
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Developer Documentation}}
-* [[Secure coding guidelines]]
+{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Projects}}
-* [[Development Best Practices]]
+</div>
-=== Migration ===
-* [[Adapting a Joomla 1.0 extension to Joomla 1.5]]
-* [[Adapting a Joomla 1.5 extension to Joomla 1.6]]
-* [[Version 1.6 Developer Notes]]
-* [[Making single installation packages for Joomla! 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7]]
-=== Components ===
-{{RecReading|Component|dev|topic}}
-=== Modules ===
-{{RecReading|Module|dev|topic}}
-=== Plugins ===
-{{RecReading|Plugin|dev|topic}}
-=== Templates ===
-{{RecReading|Template|dev|topic}}
-===Parameters===
-* [[Standard parameter types]]
-* [[Custom parameter types]]
-* [[Component parameters]]
-* [[Creating custom template parameter types]]
-* See also: [[:Category:Parameters]]
-* See also: [[:Form field]]
-=== Core extensions summary ===
-* [[Banner component]] {{JVer|1.6}}
-=== Security ===
-* [[How to add CSRF anti-spoofing to forms]]
-* [http://developer.joomla.org/tutorials/181-preventing-sql-injections.html Preventing SQL Injections]
-* [[Securing Joomla extensions]]
-=== Database ===
-* [[Accessing the database using JDatabase]]
-* [[Using the JTable class]]
-* [[Connecting to an external database]]
-* [[Using nested sets]]
-=== Localisation ===
-* [http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/508-developer-localization-advancements-in-joomla-15.html Localization Advancements in Joomla! 1.5]
-* [[Adding multi-language support]]
-* [[Language Guidelines for 3rd Party Extensions]]
-* [[Adding Joomfish functionality to custom components]]
-* [[Specification of language files]] {{JVer|1.6}}
-* [[Language Metadata]] {{JVer|1.6}}
-* [[Loading extra language files]]
-=== Access Control ===
-* [[Access Control System In Joomla 1.6]] {{JVer|1.6}}
-=== Miscellaneous ===
-* [[Retrieving request data using JInput]] {{JVer|1.6}} and newer
-* [[Retrieving data from GET and POST requests]] {{JVer|1.5}}
-* [[How to use the filesystem package]]
-* [[Application execution order]]
-* [[Accessing the current user object]]
-* [[Adding JavaScript and CSS to the page]]
-* [[Constants]] used in the Joomla [[Framework]].
-* [[Client-side form validation]]
-* [[How to create a custom button]]
-* [[How to create a stand-alone application using the Joomla! Framework]]
-* [[How to use user state variables]]
-* [[Adding template overridable images in your extension]]
-* [[Cache]] and [[Using caching to speed up your code]]
-* [[Using the installer API to support package installation]]
-* [[How to add tooltips to your Joomla! website]]
-* [[Display error messages and notices]].
-* [[Errors]]
-* [[Creating a custom form field type]] {{JVer|1.6}}
-== Contributing to Joomla Development ==
-The development of Joomla itself is carried out by the [[Development Working Group]] and third party developers.
-* [[Participating in the community]]: a brief description of how people can get involved.
-* [[Developer Email lists]]: a list of email lists for developers, including third party developers.
-* [[Coding style and standards]] (To be reviewed).
-* [[Setting up your workstation for Joomla! development]].  A step-by-step guide to installing the Eclipse IDE on your local workstation for Joomla! development.
-* [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]
-* [[Patch submission guidelines]].
-* [[Filing bugs and issues]].
-* [[How to release a distribution tarball]].
-* [[How to create a continuous integration]].
-== Contributing to Joomla Developer Documentation ==
-The development of Joomla developer documentation is carried out primarily by the [[Documentation Working Group]].  There are currently two sub-projects of interest to developers:
-* [[Joomla! 1.5 Template Tutorials Project]]
-* [[API Reference Project]]
-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:
-<pre><nowiki>[[Category:Development]]
-</nowiki></pre>
-If you locate other articles you think are relevant to developers, please add this marker to those pages.
-=== Suggested topics ===
-This is a short list of articles that might be written to support developers.  Please feel free to add further topic ideas.
-* [[Adding configuration objects to modules and plugins]].
-* [[Storing data in the session between page loads]].
-* [[Suppressing output of extra HTML]].
-* [[How to use the filter package]].
-*: Describe how and when to use the Filter package and explain what needs to be filtered for various situations (for queries, for URLs, etc)
-* [[How to use the registry package]]
-* [[How to use JSimpleXML]].
-*: How to load and store XML files and how to work with them
-* [[How to create component feeds]] (RSS/ATOM)
-* [[How to generate paths for client side and server side]]
-* [[How to access information from the request]]
-*: This focuses on using the JBrowser class to retrieve information about the features available in the user's browser.
-* [[How to create an editor plugin]]
-* [[What can be done with a user plugin]]
-* [[How to work with parameters]]
-* [[How to cloak email addresses]]
-* [[Using the caching system in your component]]. This might be enough (for now?) -> [[Cache]]
-* [[Extending Joomla's MVC Architecture]]
-==Joomla Security Guide==
-Developers should also be aware of security issues.
-{{Security Guide}}
 [[Category:Development]]
 [[Category:JED]]
 [[Category:Joomla! user profiles]]

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