Joomla! 2.5 is settling in and we are looking forward to 3.x and even 4.x. What might Joomla look like in these future series? You have an influence on what Joomla will become in the next few years. You also have a part to play in how we get there. The Joomla Roadmap is both a way to promote ideas and a way to bring them come to life.

1. Where is Joomla
going and how do
we get there?
Andrea Tarr & Mark Dexter
J and Beyond 2012

2. Introductions – Mark Dexter
• Developing software since 1978
• Founded and ran a commercial software for 28
years
• Started using Joomla in 2008 (v 1.53)
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• Joined the Production Leadership Team (PLT) in 2009
• Joomla Bug Squad coordinator, development
coordinator, GSOC admin, extension author
• I am a volunteer
• Relatively new to Joomla and web development
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3. Introductions – Andy Tarr
• Started developing software in 1979 as an end user
• Programmer, IT Manager for over 30 years
• Currently freelancing building custom extensions
and Joomla websites
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• Started using Joomla in 2008 (v 1.5.8)
• Joined the Production Leadership Team (PLT) in 2011
• Areas of Interest: Increasing the involvement of
more people in the development of Joomla
• Joomla Roadmap Meeting
• Pizza, Bugs, and Fun bug squishing parties
• Accessibility
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• GSoC co-admin

4. • How do we get there?
• Where is Joomla going?
Outline of Talk
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5. How do we get there?
• Timed releases
• Developers
• Feature tracker
• Production Working Groups
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6. Timed Releases
• September 2012 – Joomla 3.0
• Beta in July 2012 with all new features added
• March 2013 – Joomla 3.1
• Beta in January 2013 with all new features added
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• September 2013 – Joomla 3.5
• Beta in July 2013 with all new features added
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7. NO
Developers
There are
Core Developers.
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8. Joomla Developers
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9. Feature Tracker
• Add to the Feature Tracker in joomlacode.org
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?a
ction=TrackerItemBrowse&tracker_id=8549
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• Code where you want – recommend github
• Get community and PLT input early in the process
• Form a Production Working Group for group projects
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10. Production Working Groups
• Used to bring people together to accomplish a
specific goal
• Example: Finder Integration Working Group
• Helps get good ideas speced, coded and tested
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• Very easy to start
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11. Production Working Groups
– Permanent Groups
• Permanent PWG’s
• Joomla Bug Squad (JBS)
• Translation Team (TT)
• User Experience (UX)
Documentation
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• Joomla Security Strike Team (JSST)
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12. Production Working Groups
– For Specific Projects
• Update & • UCM
Migration • Unit Tests for the
• Multi site CMS
• Search • Search
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• Web Services • Database
• JavaScript Performance
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13. Where is Joomla going?
• Where is Joomla going?
• Platform 12.x Goals
• Expectations & Goals for 3.0
• Other murmurings
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14. Platform 12.x Goals
• Continue de-coupling CMS and Platform
• Remove deprecated API's
• Model-View-Controller (MVC) restructuring
• Unified Content Model (UCM)
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• Postgres support
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15. How does the Platform
affect the CMS?
• Examples: multiple database and image
manipulation library
• Step 1: Add basic functionality to the platform
• Step 2: Use this to add features to the CMS
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16. Expectations & Goals - 3.0
• Goal that 2.5 extensions run on 3.x with little or no
changes
• 3.0 will release with update/migration from 2.5
available
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17. Expectations & Goals - 3.0
• Use Platform version 12.2 for the 3.x series
• CMS will have legacy MVC for existing extensions
• Extend forward compatibility in 2.5
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18. Expectations & Goals - 3.0
• UX Improvements and changes
• Ship with both MooTools and jQuery available
• Remove use of deprecated methods and classes in
the core
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19. Expectations & Goals - 3.0
• UCM classes available for 3PD extensions to use in
3.x series
• Core components will continue to use existing
classes and tables
• Goal is for core components to move to UCM in 4.x
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20. • Search
• Multi-Site
• Performance
Other murmurings
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21. Summary
• Where are we going
• Easy migration
• UX overhaul
• jQuery addition
Preparations for enhance MVC structure
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• Preparations for UCM
• How do we get there
• You get us there
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