Here’s a chance to win a copy of the book Mastering Joomla! 1.5 published by Packt Publishing. Three winners will be selected to win a copy. Read on to see how you could be one of them.
Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development is a professional guide to programming Joomla!
This book will guide you through the complexities of implementing components, modules, and plugins in Joomla! 1.5. It provides useful reference material that explains many of the advanced design features and classes available in Joomla! 1.5.
If you feel that you have mastered the basics of creating Joomla! extensions, then this book will take you to the next level.
Overview of Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development
- In-depth guide to programming Joomla! 1.5 Framework
- Design and build secure and robust components, modules, and plugins
- Customize the document properties, add multilingual capabilities, and provide an interactive user experience
- Includes a comprehensive reference to the major areas of Joomla!’s common classes, variables, and constants crucial for creating Joomla! Extensions.
The book starts by explaining the structure and design aspects of the Joomla! Framework. Then the book provides details on extending and storing data in standard fields and dealing with multilingual requirements.
Further, you will discover best practices, design, and coding methods for Joomla! components, modules, plugins, and other extensions. Along the way, you will actually design and create a component, module, and plugin that work together to add functionality to the Joomla! framework.
You will also learn about customizing the page output using JavaScript effects, making use of Web Services from within Joomla! and ensuring that your code is secure and error-free.
You will discover how to easily create sophisticated extensions that are robust, user-friendly, and professional by taking advantage of the many libraries and utilities provided by the Joomla! framework.
This book provides you with working examples, and tips, this book is an essential reference guide that you will turn to again and again as you work with Joomla!.
How to Contest and Win
All you have to do is comment on why you would like a copy of the book in the comments. Please note that winners in Europe and US will be offered print copies and for other regions e-copies will be offered as giveaways.
Giveaway Details
The duration of this giveaway is for 7 days. The giveaway ends on July 18th, 2010. Three winners will be randomly selected to win a copy of the Mastering Joomla! 1.5 book from Packt publishing. Please ensure that you provide a valid email in the comments so that we can contact you if you win.
Winners will be announced on July 30th, 2010 and also contacted via email about their prize.
Good luck!
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I am a Joomla developer and professor at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario of joomla and web design and I would like to have material for my students and my development in my company.
Thanks
Santiago
I’m looking for a reliable guide to extending Joomla! functionality with components, modules, and plugins. This should be a great reference tool for Joomla! programmers.
joolma! is my CMS of choice I’ve kinda jumped in after tons of recommendations from more experience web developers. I’d love to receive the book to further pursue joolma! development I’ve seen a lot of great stuff done with this great platform and love to see what more I can do with it.