How to Develop Joomla Components, Part 1: the Administrator

Teacher: Cory Webb
Released: February 3, 2017
Length: 1.6 hours
Level: Advanced
Certificate: Finish lessons and pass the quiz with 70%

Table of Contents

Description

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Introduction

Introduction to Joomla Component Development

Setting up Your Joomla Development Environment

Building the Extension

Hello World for a Joomla Component

Improving the XML Manifest File

Add Configuration Parameters to a Component

How to Store Joomla Component Data

Model, View, Controller

Understanding Joomla's MVC Pattern

Building Controllers for the Joomla Component

Joomla Component Views, Part 1

Joomla Component Views, Part 2

A View for Multiple To-Do List Items

A View for an Individual To-Do List Item

A Model for Multiple To-do List Items

A Model for an Individual To-Do List Item

More Component Features

Access Control Levels in a Component

Integrating a Component with Joomla Categories

Building the Component Script File

Language Translation Files for a Component

Wrapping up the Component Administrator Area

Joomla Component Quiz

This class follows on from "How to Develop Joomla Modules" and "How to Develop Joomla Plugins". You'll learn how to build the administrator area for Joomla extensions. Cory shows you how to build the file, folder and database structure for your component.

You'll learn how Joomla uses the Model, View, Controller pattern to make the component operations.

You'll also see how to add access control, categories, scripts and language translations to your extension.

These series continues in "How to Develop Joomla Components. Part 2", where we'll build the visitor-facing section of the component.

Cory Webb

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Cory Webb has been building websites with Joomla since the Mambo days in 2003. He founded Cory Webb Media in 2008 to focus full time on helping businesses and organizations get online and up to speed with Joomla. He has written a book for Joomla beginners titled "Beginning Joomla Website Development" and has spoken at Joomla Days, Joomla User Groups, and the Joomla World Conference on topics ranging from social media to Joomla in the Enterprise. Cory taught live Joomla classes with OSTraining in Austin and Dallas.