Joomla Development Course

Our prestigious institute’s Joomla Development Course is intended to provide students with a thorough understanding of how to use the Joomla content management system to create dynamic websites. Participants learn the nuances of Joomla development through a blend of interactive workshops, hands-on coaching, and expert-led lectures. Topics covered include site management, template customization, and extension creation. Our training facility offers a supportive learning atmosphere that encourages hands-on learning and prepares students to become competent Joomla developers prepared to take on real-world difficulties in the industry.

Introduction to the Course

• Course Objectives
• Course Landscape
• Conclusion to Section 1

Using a virtual machine (devbox)

• Introduction to the Devbox
• Advantages and Disadvantages of using a Devbox
• Tools needed
• Virtualbox installation
• Vagrant Installation
• Git Installation
• PHP Installation
• Creating the devbox
• Testing the Joomla! installation
• What happened?
• Conclusion

Choosing the right IDE

• Introduction
• Basic features an IDE must have
• Installing PhpStorm
• Creating a new project
• Conclusion

Using the debugger

• What is a debugger and why do I need one?
• Configuring the debugger
• Testing that the debugger is working
• Debugging a simple problem
• I need your input
• Conclusion

Code versioning with Git

• Introduction
• Updating Joomla!
• Installing the sample extension
• Creating symlinks
• Making a change
• Conclusion
• Need help? Have questions?

Building the extension

• Introduction
• Defining our build steps
• Build tools (Ant and Phing)
• Installing Phing
• The build script explained
• Running the build script
• Conclusion

Testing the extension

• Why testing is important
• Manual testing your extension
• Bonus: Re-creating the testing environment from scratch
• Conclusion

Course Wrap-Up

• Course Wrap-Up
• Your Feedback
• BONUS lecture