Alex Andreae

Session: Joomla! Development - From Modules to Components, It's Easier Than You Think! [Joomla Track, Advanced Level]

When Joomla 1.5 was released, it introduced a robust MVC framework intended to streamline development and provide standardization across extensions. However, its Joomla 1.0 roots, which had less organization and standardization, show through in many of the core components available. Because of this, there are few obvious examples to follow when starting out on your own. This session is meant to be an introduction to the development fundamentals for Joomla. Covering the "Joomla-way" of MVC, database interaction, user management, user state (cookies), and other concepts, you will be able to hit the ground running with developing your own extensions. PHP and MySQL background knowledge recommended.

About Alex Andreae

An electrical engineer in a past life, Alex co-founded SourceCoast Web Development in 2008. Based in Austin, TX, SourceCoast provides custom Joomla development and also runs an extension club with a focus on extensions to grow your site quickly and then help monetize that growth.