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 - 8: Extension Generator

Tools to build a component - part 8

 In this episode we will look at Extension Generator as a tool to to build a component.

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Pizza, Bugs & Fun: Joomla’s Community Recipe

Pizza, Bugs and Fun Pizza, Bugs and Fun

On February 22, we came together once again for our global day of collaboration, dedicated to squashing bugs, testing pull requests, writing documentation, having fun, and… enjoying pizza!

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A Tutorial to Make a Tutorial

A tutorial to make a tutorial

In this tutorial you can learn how to make a tutorial.

A tutorial is a lesson that takes you by the hand through a series of practical steps. It offers a learning experience by doing something. It is the best way to get to know a subject you are not yet familiar with.

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Tools to build a Component - 7: Joomla Component Builder

JCM - Buidling Components - Part 7

In this episode we will use Joomla Component Builder to build our example event schedule component.

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Diátaxis: Improving Joomla Documentation

Diátaxis: Improving Joomla Documentation

Diátaxis is a methodology to improve documentation by dividing it into four categories, serving different needs. We are going to use this approach to improve the documentation of Joomla, but you can also use it to document your own extension or write user manuals for your clients.

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Tools to build a Component - 6: Component Generator

Building components - part 6

In this episode we will use Component Generator to build our example event schedule component.

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Get the Documentation Back on Track

November-Joomla-Documentation

What is the current state of Joomla’s documentation? What’s new and different? What are the future plans? How can you help?

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Tools to build a Component - 5: Component Creator

November-Building-Components

Our journey until now In this series we want to show some tools that can help to build components for Joomla. The first four episodes were mainly to introduce the example, show some implementations of it without building a component and...

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Tools to build a Component - 4: Built-in Extras and some Setup Tools

October-Building-Components

In this episode we will expand our example component, mainly by using features that are built-in into Joomla. And we show some tools that can help us setting up a custom component.

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

September-Building-Components-3

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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