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The release of the Joomla Platform on 5 July 2011[1] marked an important change in the Joomla! CMS architecture. From the very beginning, the Joomla! CMS and the Framework which the Joomla! CMS was built on were a part of each other. The main difference is the separation of the Joomla! Framework from the Joomla! CMS Application. The Joomla! Platform is now completely independent of the Joomla! CMS Application. The biggest difference is the Joomla! Platform can be used to build other CMS Applications and not just the Joomla! CMS Application.

The Joomla! Platform has a release schedule of every 3 months. The version number is determined by the the year of release. For example, 11.1 was released in 2011 and 12.1 was released in 2012.[2]

Third party developers benefit from the rich, and easily accessible functionality that the Joomla Platform provides. On this page we'd like to provide you a way to reference of all classes and respective methods of the Joomla! Platform. Use the links below to navigate to further information about Platform versions or the version classes which include, where possible, examples of use.

If you would like to help us improve this resource, please read about the API Reference Project.

The Joomla! Platform