Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to Joomla!
Chapter 2: Getting Started
Chapter 3: The Database
Chapter 4: Component Design
Chapter 5: Module Design
Chapter 6: Plugin Design
Chapter 7: Extension Design
Chapter 8: Rendering Output
Chapter 9: Customizing the Page
Chapter 10: APIs and Web Services
Chapter 11: Error Handling and Security
Chapter 12: Utilities and Useful Classes
Appendix
Index

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Joomla!
  • Overview
  • History
  • Requirements
  • Extension Types and Their Uses
    • Components
    • Modules
    • Plugins
    • Languages
    • Templates
    • Tools
  • Extension Manager
  • JED and JoomlaCode.org
  • Development Tools
    • J!Code
    • J!Dump
  • Summary

• Chapter 2: Getting Started
  • The Application and Document
  • Request to Response
    • The Process
  • URI Structure
  • Directory Structure
  • Libraries
  • A Quick Lesson in Classes
    • Inheriting from JObject
  • Working with the Request
  • The Factory
  • The Session
  • Predefined Constants
  • Multilingual Support
    • UTF-8 String Handling
  • Coding Standards
    • phpDocumentor
  • Summary

• Chapter 3: The Database
  • The Core Database
  • Extending the Database
    • Table Prefix
    • Schema Conventions
      • Common Fields
      • Schema Example
    • Dealing with Multilingual Requirements
  • Querying the Database
    • Writing Queries
    • Getting Results
      • loadResult( ) : string
      • loadResultArray( numinarray : int=0 ) : array
      • loadAssoc( ) : array
      • loadAssocList( key : string='' ) : array
      • loadObject( ) : stdClass
      • loadObjectList( key : string='' ) : array
      • loadRow( ) : array
      • loadRowList( key : int ) : array
    • Using ADOdb
  • JTable
    • CRUD
    • Manipulating Common Fields
      • Publishing
      • Hits
      • Checking Out
      • Ordering
      • Parameter Fields
      • Date Fields
  • Summary

• Chapter 4: Component Design
  • Setting up a Sandbox
  • The Structure
  • The MVC
    • Building a Model
    • Building a View
    • Building a Controller
    • Building an MVC Component
  • Rendering Other Document Types
    • Feed
    • PDF
    • Raw
  • Dealing with Component Configuration
  • Elements and Parameters
    • Extending JElement
    • Using Custom JElement Classes
  • Help Files
  • Routing
  • Packaging
    • XML Manifest File
    • SQL Install and Uninstall Files and Queries
    • Install and Uninstall Files
  • Summary

• Chapter 5: Module Design
  • Setting Up a Sandbox
  • First Steps
    • Standalone Modules
    • Modules and Components Working Together
    • Frontend and Backend Module Display Positions
  • Module Settings (Parameters)
  • Helpers
  • Layouts (Templates)
    • Media
  • Translating
  • Packaging
    • XML Manifest File
  • Summary

• Chapter 6: Plugin Design
  • Setting Up a Sandbox
  • Events
  • Listeners
    • Registering Listeners
    • Handling Events
  • Plugin Groups
    • Authentication
    • Content
    • Editors
    • Editors-xtd
    • Search
    • System
    • User
    • XML-RPC
  • Loading Plugins
  • Using Plugins as Libraries (in Lieu of Library Extensions)
  • Translating Plugins
  • Dealing with Plugin Settings (Parameters)
  • Packaging
    • XML Manifest File
    • File Naming Conflicts
  • Summary

• Chapter 7: Extension Design
  • Supporting Classes
  • Helpers
  • Using and Building getInstance() Methods
  • Using the Registry
    • Saving and Loading Registry Values

• The User
  • User Parameters

• The Session
• The Browser
• Assets
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Rendering Output
  • The joomla.html Library
    • Behavior
    • Email
    • Grid
    • Image
    • List
    • Menu
    • Select
  • Building Component HTML Layouts (Templates)
    • Iterative Templates
  • Component Backend
    • Admin Form
    • Toolbar
    • Sub-Menu
  • Itemized Data
    • Pagination
    • Ordering
    • Filtering and Searching
  • Summary

• Chapter 9: Customizing the Page
  • Application Message Queue
  • Redirects
    • Component XML Metadata Files and Menu Parameters
  • Using Menu Item Parameters
  • Modifying the Document
    • Page Title
    • Pathway/Breadcrumb
    • JavaScript
    • CSS
    • Metadata
    • Custom Header Tags
  • Translating
    • Translating Text
    • Defining Translations
    • Debugging Translations
  • Using JavaScript Effects
    • JPane
    • Tooltips
    • Fx.Slide
  • Summary

• Chapter 10: APIs and Web Services
  • XML
    • Parsing
    • Editing
    • Saving
  • AJAX
    • Response
    • Request
  • LDAP
  • Email
  • File Transfer Protocol
  • Web Services
  • Building a Web Service (XML-RPC Plugin)
  • Summary

• Chapter 11: Error Handling and Security
  • Errors, Warnings, and Notices
    • Return Values
    • Customizing Error Handling
  • Dealing with CGI Request Data
    • Preprocessing CGI Data
    • Escaping and Encoding Data
      • Escaping and Quoting Database Data
      • Encode XHTML Data
    • Regular Expressions
      • Patterns
      • Matching
      • Replacing
  • Access Control
    • Menu Item Access Control
    • Extension Access Control
  • Attacks
    • How to Avoid Common Attacks
      • Using the Session Token
      • Code Injection
      • XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
      • File System Snooping
    • Dealing with Attacks
      • Log Out and Block
      • Attack Logging
      • Notify the Site Administrator
  • Summary

• Chapter 12: Utilities and Useful Classes
  • Dates
  • File System
    • Paths
    • Folders
    • Files
    • Archives
  • Arrays
  • Trees
  • Log Files
  • Summary

• Appendix
  • Classes
    • JObject
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JUser
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JModel
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JView
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JController
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JTable
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JError
      • Methods
    • JDocument
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JApplication
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JURI
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JLanguage
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JLanguageHelper
      • Methods
    • JText
      • Methods
    • JElement
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JParameter
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JCache
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JMail
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JMailHelper
      • Methods
    • JFactory
      • Methods
    • JRegistry
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JSession
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JRoute
      • Methods
    • JMenu
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
    • JPathway
      • Properties
      • Methods
    • JDatabase
      • Properties
      • Constructors
      • Methods
  • Parameters (Core JElements)
  • Configuration

• Index

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