The document discusses the Joomla! platform, which contains the core libraries of Joomla. It describes recent updates to the platform including improved encryption, support for multiple databases, and easier code development. The presentation encourages developers to get involved with building applications using the platform and contributing to open source development.

1. Introduction to the
Joomla! Platform
NOVA Joomla User Group Meeting
May 24, 2012

2. Before we start…
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3. Real motivation for volunteers
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4. What is the platform?
• Technical answer
– The core libraries of Joomla
• Non-technical answer
– Home of the real geeky stuff
• Sociology answer #1
– Liberation for some developers
• Sociology answer #2
– Scary new technology
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5. Liberation!
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6. Liberation!
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7. Where we’re at in the lifecycle
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8. Platform and the CMS
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9. Platform and the CMS
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10. Why is the platform important?
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11. Open source CMS spectrum
Framework!
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12. What’s new in the J!Platform?
• Lots of clean-up
• A new encryption system
– Replacing jsimplecrypt with a more
robust service called Crypt
– Allows for 5 different ciphers
– Higher encryption levels
– Can now read encryption from other
services
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13. What’s new in the J!Platform?
• Full refactoring of the new
database layers
– Joomla 2.5 supports multiple
databases natively
– Microsoft SQL Server, Azure
– Oracle, SQL Lite, Postgres
• Why is this important?
– Sometimes you need a simple DB
– Sometimes your stuck with a DB
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14. What’s new in the J!Platform?
• Making it easier for developers to
write code faster, making the
platform smarter
– Reducing need to call jimport…
jimport('joomla.application.cli');
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15. J!Platform app examples
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16. Publish tweets from a CLI
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17. Publish tweets from a CLI
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18. Publish tweets from a CLI
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19. Publish photos from a CLI
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20. Build scaffolding for extensions
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21. An easier monitoring system?
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22. Export your site to HTML
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23. Another CMS?
• Project Echo by Sam Moffatt
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24. What does the code look like?
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25. What does the code look like?
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26. How to get started?
http://github.org/joomla
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27. How to get started?
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28. Who is going to do all of this?
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29. J!Platform app from Guatemala?
• What are people interested in
building?
• What sounds fun to you?
• How can the NOVA JUG
contribute to the larger community
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30. Why do all of this with Joomla?
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31. Why do all of this with Joomla?
• Creating new things is fun!
• It’s a personal learning,
development opportunity
• You don’t have to learn many new
things to build amazing apps
• You get to collaborate with the
same community of great people
• You help encourage a culture of
gift giving, rather than “give me”
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32. What’s changed in 2 years?
• It’s no long about what a few
people leading development want
• The tone has changed, and so
have the expectations
• We’re getting back to our
community roots
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33. What’s changed in 2 years?
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34. How can you learn more?
• Get involved in discussions
• Fork the platform, dive into the
code and learn
• Create your own hello world
app…and more!
• Share your ideas with developers
in your community
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35. Resources
• The code lives at Github
– http://github.com/joomla
• Joomla Developer Network
– http://developer.joomla.org
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36. Discussions
• General developer discussions
– http://groups.google.com/group/joo
mla-dev-general
• CMS development
– http://groups.google.com/group/joo
mla-dev-cms
• Platform development
– http://groups.google.com/group/joo
mla-dev-platform
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37. Feel free to contact me!
Ryan Ozimek
PICnet
Twitter: @cozimek
cozimek@picnet.net
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