Dimensions
181 x 233 x 30mm
This comprehensive guide to Joomla! 1.6 programming is ideal for thousands of Joomla! users and web professionals who are new to Joomla! development. Written by two official Joomla! Development Coordinators - including Joomla! framework co-creator Louis Landry - it offers an insider's perspective available nowhere else. Readers of this book won't just discover how to get results: they'll learn why Joomla! works the way it does - so they can take maximum advantage of its capabilities. This book's engaging step-by-step tutorials guide developers through real-life examples. Its reference sections provide in-depth explanations that every programmer can use, even the most experienced. The authors present extensive example code, as well as a complete glossary and extensive web references. In a series of friendly 'Let's Ask Louis' sidebars - written as informal dialogues between the authors - they share even deeper insights into topics such as MVC and object-oriented programming. This book's coverage ranges from simple to advanced, including: template overrides, plugins, modules, components, database modification, converting extensions to Joomla! 1.6, using Joomla! as an application framework, and even automated testing