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J3.x talk:Developing an MVC Component/Developing a Basic Component

2018-03-21T20:37:46Z

Asiby: Created page with "Hello. Would it be OKAY if we try to make the so prominent note that is displayed on each page of this amazing tutorial not so prominent? It's getting in the way. On some scr..."

Hello.

Would it be OKAY if we try to make the so prominent note that is displayed on each page of this amazing tutorial not so prominent? It's getting in the way. On some screens, it is way taller than the screen and we have to scroll a lot in order to get to the actual page content. I don't know yet which layout will work out, but if you are open to the possibility, then that will be great.

Thanks

Portal talk:Developers

2018-03-14T19:59:11Z

Asiby:

I think this page needs a prominant reference to some good books that help explain the architecture of Joomla
I've been scrambling around in the dark for 9 months now and today I found Mark Dexter & Louis Landry authored book "Joomla Programming"
I know it involves spending money, but, time is money too and I've spent 9 months scrambling around for scraps of info here there and everywhere

Several times I nearly abandoned Joomla because of the difficulty finding a solid reliable source describing the product architecture
I'm not new to programming at all but Joomla is a big load of code, hoping my struggle eases now, so far so good, but only a few chapters in

I suggest authoritative reference texts should be referenced prominantly on the developers documentation homepage
People can then go with the free info if they want but when they come back here, worn out from looking days or weeks later, they should find the reference texts.

Nick

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Thanks Rick. I will try to get that book today unless I find better alternative.

I have added a comment on [[Talk:Extension|Extension Talk]] that applies to this page also. Can anyone take a look and see if they have some answers?

Asiby

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Talk:Extension

2018-03-14T19:53:41Z

Asiby:

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 [[Portal:Developers|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

Talk:Extension

2018-03-14T19:51:48Z

Asiby: Created page with "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 developer..."

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, and Template. This means 7 types of extensions.

Unfortunately, the [[Portal:Developers|Joomla! Developers Portal]] page says "There are four types of extensions development": Component, Module, Plugin, and Template

These are clearly not lining up.

If anyone can find some time to clarify this, it will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for you time.

Asiby