Packed with expert advice on all aspects of programming with Joomla!, this book is an invaluable reference guide you will turn to again and again in your Joomla! development tasks. PHP developers who want to understand how Joomla! works with a view to advanced customization or extension development, and want to learn how to work with the Joomla! framework.
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James Kennard
James Kennard is a computer programmer. He has worked with various PHP and MySQL applications, since 2002. He quickly discovered Mambo/Joomla! because of its flexible extension manager. James currently maintains one open-source Joomla! component, which has been translated into over fifteen languages. Moreover, he has plans to build two more open-source components. Examples of his work can be found on his personal website webamoeba.co.uk.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
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.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Hard to follow and full of typos/errors
I'm a long-time programmer and was looking to create some extensions using the Joomla platform. There aren't a lot of books written on this subject, so I bought this (Kindle... Read more
Published 8 months ago by ZumaQueen
an excellent summary for Joomla! components development
Background: I am almost new to Joomla! though I have been programming in PHP since many years now. I am mainly a Python developer, I develop with Django and Pylons on regular... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Paolo Corti
For Expert Only
This book is not for beginners, intermediate or even advance joomla users. It is for EXPERT ONLY, but if you are an expert in joomla you probably shouldn't need this one. Read more
Published on May 3, 2010 by J. Francisco
Almost Useless
This book could be a degree dissertation to show up "how smart" is the writer. Something for code junkies. It does not contain any practical example and any walk-through guides. Read more
Published on December 23, 2009 by Alireza F. Mobarhan
Big puzzle
The author understands this subjects probably quit well.
He doesn't understand that the buyers of this book probably don't! Read more
He doesn't understand that the buyers of this book probably don't! Read more
Published on October 9, 2009 by Maarten v K
Must Have for Joomla Coders
Mastering Joomla 1.5 Extension and Framework -James Kennard
After whetting my appetite on LeBlancs book [Learning Extensions and frameworks], I decided to go further... Read more
After whetting my appetite on LeBlancs book [Learning Extensions and frameworks], I decided to go further... Read more
Published on February 26, 2009 by Scott L. Wolpow
Difficult comprehension, book is non-linear
I would not recommend this book for anyone wanting to develop Joomla!1.5 components, modules and extensions without first learning Object-Oriented PHP programming. Read more
Published on February 26, 2009 by Harold One Feather
hardly "Mastering"...
Pros: gives some good overviews and dives deep into some concepts.
Cons: does not give adequate examples. It is definetly not an advanced book or "Mastering". Read more
Cons: does not give adequate examples. It is definetly not an advanced book or "Mastering". Read more
Published on January 22, 2009 by Joel A. Thompson
Fair but let down by poor index
This is a reasonable introductory text and it gave me what I needed when I read it after Learning Joomla! 1. Read more
Published on October 9, 2008 by Paul Whipp
Good reference for new Joomla developers
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... Read more
Published on July 5, 2008 by David Attard
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frontend root, global event dispatcher, new xmlrpcval, class jimport, domready event, parameter aparam, tmpl folder, plugin element, itemized data, plugin group, authentication plugins, mootools library, stdclass object, plugin parameters, uninstall file, pattern delimiters, manifest file, application redirect, php echo, translated string, one list item, default task, translation files, modal window, specific naming convention Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Add Child, Media Manager, Copyright Notice, Author's Website, Author's Email, Author's Name, Description Gets, Returns Drop-down, Mambo Open Source, Design Patterns, Method Description, Plugin License Agreement, Plugin Description, Mambo Foundation, Description Occurs, Plugin Version, John Smith, Returns Image, Description Creates, Name Description, Document Object Model, Super Administrator, Working Node, Using Plugins, Legacy Groups Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
frontend root, global event dispatcher, new xmlrpcval, class jimport, domready event, parameter aparam, tmpl folder, plugin element, itemized data, plugin group, authentication plugins, mootools library, stdclass object, plugin parameters, uninstall file, pattern delimiters, manifest file, application redirect, php echo, translated string, one list item, default task, translation files, modal window, specific naming convention Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Add Child, Media Manager, Copyright Notice, Author's Website, Author's Email, Author's Name, Description Gets, Returns Drop-down, Mambo Open Source, Design Patterns, Method Description, Plugin License Agreement, Plugin Description, Mambo Foundation, Description Occurs, Plugin Version, John Smith, Returns Image, Description Creates, Name Description, Document Object Model, Super Administrator, Working Node, Using Plugins, Legacy Groups Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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