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The development of Joomla! itself is carried out by the Production Department and third party developers. This page is a starting point for developers interested in the development of components, modules, plugins and templates.

There are several ways of setting up your workstation in for Joomla! development. Some suggestions can be found at Setting up your workstation for Joomla development.

Next, you should familiarise yourself with Joomla! Secure coding guidelines and the short article on Joomla! Development Best Practices.

Documentation on the Joomla! API can assist with becoming familiar with the foundations of the Joomla! code base.

Finally, Joomla! has many resources for developers. Our Joomla! Resources page will get you pointed in the right direction if you need help and solutions.

Quattro tipi di estensioni da sviluppare

There are many articles, tutorials, references and FAQs which focus on component development. If this is your first time developing a component for Joomla, you should start with the Absolute Basics of How a Component Functions. If needed, you can visualise the control flow of a component with these diagrams.

Next, you will want to read our   MVC tutorial  →  Developing a Model-View-Controller Component. Remember to familiarise yourself with Joomla! Secure coding guidelines and Development Best Practices.

Once you have read the tutorial and/or tried the example component, you can focus more on the specifics of your component with additional articles. These are listed on the Component Development Portal or any of the supporting Portals for Development(Plugins, Modules or Templates).

The following articles will help familiarise you with Joomla! plugins. They are a good starting point to understanding and then developing plugins.

Beginner

To understand how to install and use a plugin in Joomla it is recommended to read Administration of a Plugin in Joomla!

Intermediate

To understand plugins better it is advised that you create a basic plugin for Joomla!.

To read on how to run a basic content plugin in a custom module or component you may have already developed it is recommended to read Triggering content plugins in your extension.

Advanced

To understand the principles on which the Plugin system works Plugin Developer Overview. To then implement this in a component you have designed it is recommended to read Supporting plugins in your component.

• Creating a simple module for Joomla
• Extensions name

Our template development documentation contains many articles, FAQs and tutorials. A first step to developing a template is understanding how templates are executed.

Beginners

• Changing the site favicon
• Using Firebug With Your Joomla Website
• Using Joomla's Default Icomoon Fonts

Intermediate

• jdoc statements
• How to cloak email addresses  
• Understanding Output Overrides  
• Layout Overrides in Joomla!  
• Creating clickable background images using CSS
• Using Class Suffixes

Ulteriori argomenti per lo sviluppo

The development of Joomla developer documentation is carried out primarily by the Documentation Working Group. There is currently one sub-projects of interest to developers:

• Developer Tutorials Project

When creating a new page, ensure you place the following marker at the bottom of the page so it is included in the category list:

[[Category:Development]]

If you locate other articles you think are relevant to developers, please add this marker to those pages.