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Revision as of 11:17, 1 November 2010
<translate> 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.</translate>
A complete contents list of all pages of interest to developers can be found in the development category.
Reference Material[edit]
- Joomla Framework.
- API documentation automatically generated using phpDocumentor.
Articles and Tutorials[edit]
General[edit]
- Setting up your workstation for Joomla! development. A step-by-step guide to installing the Eclipse IDE on your local workstation for Joomla! development.
- Setting up your workstation for extension development A guide to Joomla Extension development
- Using Eclipse for Joomla! Development Video webinar demonstrating overview of Eclipse features for Joomla! development
- Running Automated Tests for Version 1.6
- Do not use die to debug
- How to debug your code
- Tutorial:Adapting Joomla 1.0 extensions to Joomla 1.5
- Version 1.6 Developer Notes
- Tutorial:Joomla Beginning Developer Course
- Secure coding guidelines
Components[edit]
Developing a Model-View-Controller (MVC) Component 
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- Developing a Model-View-Controller Component - Part 1
- Developing a Model-View-Controller Component - Part 2 - Adding a Model
- Developing a Model-View-Controller Component - Part 3 - Using the Database
- Developing a Model-View-Controller Component - Part 4 - Creating an Administrator Interface
- Developing a Model-View-Controller Component - Part 5 - Basic Backend Framework
- Developing a Model-View-Controller Component - Part 6 - Adding Backend Actions
Developing a Model-View-Controller (MVC) Component [edit]
Articles in this Series
- Introduction
- Developing a Basic Component
- Adding a view to the site part
- Adding a menu type to the site part
- Adding a model to the site part
- Adding a variable request in the menu type
- Using the database
- Basic backend
- Adding language management
- Adding backend actions
- Adding decorations to the backend
- Adding verifications
- Adding categories
- Adding configuration
- Adding ACL
- Adding an install/uninstall/update script file
- Using the language filter facility
- Adding an update server
- Example of a Frontend Update Function
- Example of Menu Parameters & Stylesheets
Other component topics[edit]
- File Structure and Naming Conventions and Naming conventions (these pages should be merged).
- Component parameters
- Components:xml installfile. An example component XML installation file.
- Manifest files for the installation of extensions
- How to use the JPane classes in a component
- How to use the editor in a component
- Supporting plugins in your component
- Tutorial:Adding Javascript moo.fx to your component WIP
- Creating a toolbar for your component
- Adding view layout configuration parameters
- How to implement XML-RPC in a component
- Using JPagination in your component
- Adding sortable columns to a table in a component
- Using multiple models in an MVC component
- Ajax using MooTools
- How to create a modal form field
Modules[edit]
Plugins[edit]
- Plugin Developer Overview
- Tutorial:Plugins
- How to create a Joomla! Plugin
- How to create editors-xtd (editor button) plugin
- How to create a content plugin
- How to create a search plugin
- Supporting plugins in your component
- Tutorial:Creating an Authentication Plugin for Joomla 1.5
- Tutorial:Using plugins in your own extension
- Refactoring Plugins
Templates[edit]
- Understanding Output Overrides
- Understanding Output Overrides in Joomla! 1.5
- Creating custom template parameter types
- How are templates executed?
- How to determine if the user is viewing the front page
- Tutorial:Template parameters
Parameters[edit]
- Standard parameter types
- Custom parameter types
- Component parameters
- Creating custom template parameter types
See also: Category:Parameters
Core extensions summary[edit]
Security[edit]
- How to add CSRF anti-spoofing to forms
- Preventing SQL Injections
- Tutorial:How to make your Joomla addon more secure WIP
Database[edit]
- How to use the database classes in your script
- How to use the JTable class
- How to connect to an external database
Localisation[edit]
- 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
- Language Metadata
Access Control[edit]
Miscellaneous[edit]
- How to use the filesystem package
- How to use the editor in a component
- Adding AJAX to your component.
- How to send email from components
- How to use the JToolBar class in the frontend
- Routing
- Joomla Routes and SEF
- API Execution Order
- Accessing the current user object
- Adding JavaScript and CSS to the page
- Constants used in the Joomla Framework.
- 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
- Retrieving data from GET and POST requests
- Cache and Using caching to speed up your code
- Using a custom image in the menu bar title
- Using the installer API to support package installation
- Tutorial:How to add tooltips to your Joomla! website
- Xml-rpc changes in Joomla! 1.6
- How to add breadcrumbs
- Creating a file uploader in your component.
- Display error messages and notices.
- Errors
- Tutorial:Override JFormFields
Contributing to Joomla Development[edit]
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.
- 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[edit]
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:
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.
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.
- 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 create PDF views
- 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
Joomla Security Guide[edit]
Developers should also be aware of security issues. Template:Security Guide