Independent, creative software builder. Been around from punch cards to cloud computing. Proponent of a model driven approach.

I like modelling. When creating software you first make a model of the problem and solution. That is what philosophers have been doing for ages: building a model in order to better understand the complex world around us. The model and the modelling language are abstractions, found in a creative process.

Tools to build a Component - 3: Creating a Component!

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Finally we will build a real Joomla component for our example event schedule! We’ll explore how to implement relationships between entities. 

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Tools to build a Component - 2: An Embedded Application

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In the second episode of our building-tools adventure we'll delve deeper into our event schedule example and explore how to implement it using two Joomla application builders — Seblod and Fabrik. We'll not yet create a full component, instead we’ll embed our application within these extensions. By doing so we will also get a better understanding of the requirements for the component we want to build in subsequent articles of the series.

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Tools to build a Component - Episode 1: Introduction and Core Solution

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You probably know Joomla is THE tool for creating websites, because it's really complete straigth out of the box. If you need a little more, you could use one of the thousands of extensions available in the Joomla Extensions Directory... or create your own. In this series, Herman Peeren takes us through the options.

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Why the Poor Old Singleton was Banned

Why the Poor Old Singleton was Banned

The once very popular Singleton design pattern has become an anti-pattern. From hero to outcast. Like a sportsman who was caught doping. What happened?

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Open Source Awards: Vote for Joomla!

Open Source Awards: Vote for Joomla!

The annual Open Source Awards are here again. You can nominate and vote for your favourite CMS and other Open Source projects in the Hall of Fame CMS category.

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