Developing Extensions for Joomla! 5

This is the code repository for Developing Extensions for Joomla! 5, published by Packt.

Extend your sites and build rich customizations with Joomla! plugins, modules, and components

What is this book about?

Joomla! 5 is a groundbreaking CMS that helps you take a significant leap into the world of content management systems. Joomla! 5 features a variety of impressive new features that align with current web standards and enable you to experience lightning-fast performance for optimal web page optimization, leverage the new code architecture, and tap into the WebService API, among others.

This book covers the following exciting features:

• Find out how to plan the development of a new extension from scratch
• Understand the basic structure of a Joomla! extension
• Get to grips with the Joomla! Forms system
• Use Joomla! features effectively to enrich your extensions
• Discover how to add a WebService API to your extension
• Create a Joomla! CLI command for your extension
• Develop a Joomla! Child Template for your projects
• Test your extensions before the release

If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!

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Instructions and Navigations

All of the code is organized into folders in the repository. The code will look like the following:

$search = $this->getUserStateFromRequest(
 $this->context . '.filter.search',
 'filter_search');

Following is what you need for this book: This book is for Joomla! developers and web designers who want to extend the functionalities of Joomla! and find innovative ways to customize their content management systems, e-commerce websites, business websites, and more. Basic familiarity with Joomla! will help you get the most out of this book.

With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-14).

Software and Hardware List

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Get to Know the Author

Carlos M. Cámara Mora is a Joomla! expert and cofounder at Hepta Technologies, a web development company, with a focus on developing long-lasting websites and applications that help businesses own their logic and data. As a Joomla! Expert, Carlos has helped site owners around the world to develop the right solution for their business, using Joomla! and developing custom solutions.