Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development

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This Paperback Book item from Packt Publishing was reviewed on 26-Oct-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development by Packt Publishing. It´s a good book. But it´s got some short-comings that makes it not a complete reference for Joomla 1.5. The organization is a little bit fragmented. All the examples are snippets and are never complete listings. This makes it a difficult book to use for a brand new learning Joomla developer. If it was a complete reference tutorial, it being the only book that you would ever need, that newbies and experts alike could pick it up and gleam from it I would have given it a 5 stars. I would have given it a 4 if the Appendix that has a quick look up was clearer on what section your in and the section titles were more distinguishable. But it has produced a decent amount of answers to my periodic questions. It´s a nice book to have but far from the only book you´ll ever need on Joomla. So I gave it 3 stars.¤

2) Paperback Book Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development by Packt Publishing. This is a reasonable introductory text and it gave me what I needed when I read it after Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development: Creating Modules, Components, and Plugins with PHP in the same series.

However, it is let down by a poor index and the fact that the coverage is too much ´type this´ and ´do this´ rather than helping the reader understand why things need to be done in a certain way and how to find the necessary resources to address new problems.¤

3) Paperback Book Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development by Packt Publishing. The book was a good resource for me to get to grips with the Joomla 1.5 API, having had very little experience of Joomla and PHP development in general, however having a good background in programming. I feel the book has been written with developer´s like me in mind, i.e. people who have knowledge of general web application programming but little or no knowledge of Joomla. The way the book has been sectioned progresses nicely, starting with a brief intro to Joomla (for completeness´ sake), a Joomla programming Getting Started chapter and then delves into the API per se. It introduces the general classes Joomla uses, and how they relate to each other. Each chapter then introduces and describes more enhanced functionality, such as accessing the database, developing components, the MVC model, and keeps on building, with each chapter building and adding to the knowledge learned in the previous chapters.

Overall I think this book is a good start for anyone delving into the Joomla Development world. It introduces the concepts, explains, and with that knowledge you can go ahead and dive into your development.¤

4) Paperback Book Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development by Packt Publishing. If I didn´t already know MVC, Joomla 1.5 and had made components before I think this book would be useless.


If you have dabbled in developer code however and Joomla 1.5 this is a great resource.

This book lacks examples of building finished components.

If it combined the style of other books like learn joomla 1.5 as well as having this great resource of information it would be worth solid gold.

Without it and without a good index It takes time to find what you are after. Once you find it however it always provides great, accurate information.¤

5) Paperback Book Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development by Packt Publishing. The really frustrating thing about this book is the style and lack of indexing. When I buy a technical reference, the most important thing is being able to look up any relevant term or function name and immediately find the place to read about that. This book has the terms subcategorized under other terms that only make sense if you already know Joomla programming! I seriously almost never find the term I´m looking for in the index. This really drives me crazy. When I have found the area I´m looking for, however, I´ve been pretty happy with the quality of explanation provided. Indexing is all important.¤

6) Paperback Book Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development by Packt Publishing. This invaluable reference guide for PHP developers extending or customizing Joomla! 1.5 is packed with expert advice and tips on all aspects of Joomla! programming illustrated by self-contained examples. The world´s hottest open-source content management system, and winner of the 2006 Open Source CMS Prize, standard Joomla! does a great job managing website content; but its true power lies in its application framework, which facilitates creating sophisticated add-ons that extend Joomla! in virtually unlimited directions. If you´ve mastered the basics of creating Joomla! extensions using PHP, this book takes you to the next level, covering: best-practice design and coding for Joomla! components, modules, plugins, and other extensions; customizing page output; using JavaScript effects; using Web Services from within Joomla!; and ensuring your code is secure and error-free. A unique and comprehensive reference to the main areas of interest within the Joomla! framework is also included.¤

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