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The second edition of "Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development"  book written by Chuck Lanham and James Kennard is invaluable reference guide for PHP developers extending or customizing Joomla! 1.5. By over 500 pages book guides you through description of the topics surrounding Joomla! 1.5 extension development.

Containing a lof of expert advices and tips on many Joomla! programming aspects, illustrations with examples and code examples this book becomes a really great resource when attempting to develop extensions for Joomla! 1.5.

Despite the fact that Joomla 1.6 is not yet ready and will include new features, framework will not be much different. Therefore, the knowledge used in this book will be useful also in Joomla 1.6.

If you already know the basics of creating Joomla! extensions, you will upgrade to the higher level.

Packed full of advices this book explains the structure and design of the Joomla! Framework. It's valuable mainly for intermediate or experienced php developers enabling you to take advantage of the available tools. Helps to discover best practices, design, and coding methods for Joomla! components, modules, plugins, and other extensions. Provides informations about customizing the page output using javascript effects, making use of Web Services within Joomla! and ensuring that your code is secure and free from errors.

Besides of that, you can learn how to easily create user-friendly, and professional extensions taking advantage of the many libraries and utilities provided by the Joomla! framework.

For sure you will be very happy with this addition to your collection. Our programmers, who know the Joomla CMS system very well, acknowledged that the book is very interesting, really recommendable for extensions developers, and above all, could be a cause of all sorts of new ideas.