Talk:Extension
From Joomla! Documentation
I am finding a lot of inconsistencies (no offense intended) in the documentation and cyclical references that make it quite difficult to find some resources that for developers.
I am not new to Joomla or programming in general. I have been working with Mambo then the first few versions of Joomla as a user and a module/plugin/component developer. Then I moved to Drupal. Now I am back and I need to create and contribute for Joomla once again, but the doc is actually making it a bit difficult.
If I can have an official way of knowing what's what, then I can actually find some time to write/improve some documentation that might be need.
For a starter, on the Extension page, we have a statement that shows the different types of extensions as:
- Component
- Language
- Library
- Module
- Package
- Plugin
- Template
Unfortunately, the Joomla! Developers Portal page says "There are four types of extensions development":
- Component
- Module
- Plugin
- Template
These are clearly not lining up. It's 7 vs 4.
If anyone can find some time to clarify this, it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for you time.
Asiby