JLayout for extension developers
Channel: J and Beyond e.V.
Date: 29/05/2015

By Roberto Segura

JLayout is the powerful rendering system that is being adopted in the core but not a lot of extensions are using it. Do you know how to use and the advantages it gives you as developer?

This session tries to explain how to use JLayout as the base rendering system for your components, modules, plugins and templates. How to get the maximum layout reusability and why you should adopt it even if your extensions still need to be compatible with Joomla 2.5.x.

Main points:
* Using JLayout. The right way.
* Extending JLayout.
* Using JLayout on Joomla 2.5.x
* Easy migration to JLayout for modules, plugins and templates.
* Using JLayout to render component views.
* Maximum reusability of your layouts.