Hannes Papenberg gave a presentation at JoomlaDay 2011 Netherlands about the future of Joomla. He discussed the goals of previous Joomla releases including making it easier for non-Latin languages in 1.5 and implementing an access control list in 1.6. For 1.7, he suggested focusing on consistent code, developers, and interface improvements. In the long term, he questioned whether Joomla should focus on simplicity or expanding functionality, and whether it should prioritize being a framework, CMS, or development environment.

1. JoomlaDay 2011 Netherlands Future of JoomlaWhere to go from here?Presentation by HannesPapenberg

2. What made Joomla so successfull? Easy to use for users very stable API for developers "Power through simplicity" 02.04.2011 Hannes Papenberg 2

3. What were the goals for Joomla 1.5? Started as Joomla 1.1 Support for UTF8 => Support for non-latin languages Move from random collection of functions to a frameworkThank you, Johan! 02.04.2011 Hannes Papenberg 3

4. What were the goals for Joomla 1.6? Refactor core extensions to MVC framework implement ACL Later: Nested categories, faster language system 02.04.2011 Hannes Papenberg 4

5. Joomla 1.6 - Results A lot of (small) changes between beta and stable Complicated user interfaces InconsistenciesIs Joomla 1.6 a failure? 02.04.2011 Hannes Papenberg 5

7. Review existing MVC classes

8. Provide solutions for common issuesUI improvements 02.04.2011 Hannes Papenberg 6

9. Joomla in the longterm "Power in simplicity" or "Get More"? Framework or CMS? Development environment or enduser software? 02.04.2011 Hannes Papenberg 7

10. Conclusion:? 02.04.2011 Hannes Papenberg 8

11. Discussion 02.04.2011 Hannes Papenberg 9