Less is More by Matt Christensen

JoomlaDay 2017 Chicago

Less is MoreMatt Christensen@the_real_mattc

Who am I?

● Developer

● Offense and defense

● PHP - WordPress - Joomla - .Net

● Analytics

● Freelancer

Introduction

● Look - learn and grow before adding/buying unknown

code

● What do you need to accomplish?

● Do you need external code?

● Is it too complicated?

● Time

Introduction

● Security - you own the code - you know the source

● If not you - your team

● Duplication of code - multiple copies of the same library

Speed

● Not always a time saver to add third party code

● Last 20%

● Need to weigh the options

● Trust your team

Outline

● MVC

● Forms

● Libraries

Components - MVC

● Not true MVC

● MVVM-C

● Explain (code sample)

Model

● Interacts with data

● Returns data to the caller (view - maybe controller)

● Logic and processing can be done

● Business rules

● Calling the database

View

● Calls model(s)

● Naming can be accessed by default - see example

● Prepares display

Template(tmpl) - View-Model

● Acts like a view-model

● Displays to the screen

● Calling View

● NO LOGIC HERE

Controller

● Traffic cop

● Executes functions based on task parameter

Code

Forms

Forms

● Demo - contact form

Adding Form Fields

● Inside Models

● See com_contact

Validation

● Add rule path

● Classes act as rules

● com_contact

Libraries

● jQuery

● jQuery UI

● Bootstrap

● Take a look

jQuery

● No conflict mode (jQuery vs $)

● Version difference

Bootstrap

● Version issues

● 2 vs 3

Extras

● Update / stay up to date

● Use version control

● Backup

Conclusion

● Try before you buy

● Trust your team

● Inspect code

● Know versions

● Update/backup/source control