Joomla! Documentation™

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How-to guides:

Introduction

These are a list of pages to help with the development of Joomla Web applications such as components and templates.

Over the years i have been interested in Joomla in how to use and develop components and templates so i'm sharing my experiences and knowledge within these pages.

The target audience is beginners to intermediate level developers who want to learn how to create web applications and templates not just for joomla but what you learn will be easily transferable to other development environments.

Instaling bitnami's joomla stack

Setup your development environment

You can use bitnami's joomla stack which is a self contained complete package. More information here

You can follow instructions here on how to install

What is MAMP?

MAMP

MAMP is complete package for a MAC. It is a stand alone working environment for the MAC that has all the required applications to run a local web server used for the development and debugging of web applications and templates. It has Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl applications that have been developed by group called Apache Friends. There is also LAMP for Linux and WAMP for windows.

What is XAMPP?

XAMPP Is a stand alone working environment for the MAC hence the X, that has all the required applications to run a local web server used for the development and debugging of web applications and templates. It has Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl applications that have been developed by group called Apache Friends. There is also LAMP for Linux and WAMP for windows.

What is the meaning of XAMPP?

X means cross platform for a number of operating systems.

Apache HTTP Server

Apache HTTP Server is the foundation of the web servers that run websites today which normally runs on a UNIX or Linux Operating System (OS) but has been adapted to run on other operating systems such as MAC and Windows.

MySQL

MySQL Stands for My Structured Query Language which is a database system used to store information for later retrieval.

PHP

PHP stands for Personal Home Page it is a programming language.

Perl

For MAC Users

I recommend downloading and installing Bitnami's MAMP it can be dowloaded from bitnami website here

I also recommend using Google Chrome Canary as it is side-by-side install and does not use your personal user profile and you can setup your custom pages set that you can use exclusively for testing your website.

For windows and Linux users

Visit bitnami's website here to download a windows or linux version.

References

Template:Reflist XAMPP PHP

Installing Joomla

Instructions on how to install are here

Using Bitnami's manager

On a MAC goto /applications/joomla-3.4.3-1 click on manager-osx.app this will open up your controller and present you with this welcome screen.

• Lets identify each tab, first is the welcome screen which you see whenever you start the manager.

• The 'Manage Servers' under this tab controls the Apache and MySQL applications to start, stop and restart.

• Under 'Server Events' tab the manager displays the log of what is happing with services.

If you are using MAMP On a MAC goto /applications/mampstack click on manager-osx.app this will open up your controller.