Archive for December, 2008

Framework conflicts are a common problem people run into when using jQuery. While jQuery provides some tricks you can use to get around this, you may still run into issues when Joomla! generates MooTools effects. While writing the second edition of Learning Joomla! Extension Development, I decided to do a chapter on JavaScript and look into this problem a little bit more closely. It turns out you have to make sure MooTools loads before jQuery, then use one of the tricks detailed on jquery.com.

Fortunately, this can be done in Joomla! consistenly, so I documented it. Packt decided to release the entire JavaScript chapter as the sample PDF for my book, so you can read everything you need to know about implementing this technique for free!

I’ve been an avid Textmate user for a while now. It’s a text editor for Mac OS X that allows you to automate a lot of common text tasks. The editor has the concept of bundles, where you can group similar code snippets and macros together; selectively using each depending on the type of file you’re editing. Textmate also allows you to edit the core bundles that ship, as well as create custom bundles for your own projects.

To help with my Joomla! programming, I’ve developed a bundle of snippets for commonly used code. You can download it here. Unzip the package, then double click on the bundle to install it in Textmate. I’ve been slowly collecting snippets for a while now, so there’s some Joomla! 1.0 snippets as well as Joomla! 1.5, but it’s mostly 1.5 now. I’ll probably clean this up someday and add more functionality, but for now, here it is. No warranties, all the usual legal stuff, etc… enjoy!