How Does Joomla CMS Development Strategy Help Web Designers in Effective Development Process
Joomla has been one of the popular CMS platforms for Web designers and web developers to create innovative and attractive websites that are appreciated worldwide. The latest version of this platform is Joomla 3.x series.
Development Strategy so far in use:
Joomla has so far been releasing
new versions adopting long and short term cycles in accordance with Linux OS
applications like Ubuntu. However, this type of development strategy is not
sufficient for the newly advanced web environment that is responsive oriented. Site owners, site builders, front end
developers, integrators and extension developers who use Joomla are worried of
its slightly inadequate quality. After
listening to Joomla Community, the team has been on the workout for the new
environment towards better development.
New Development Strategy:
Joomla has rightly understood
this and has sensed the fact that it is time to come up with a new development
strategy. The main purpose is to go hand in hand with rapid technological
advancements that is taking place all through the World Wide Web and is to be
more responsive to meet the demand of users. This new development strategy has
adopted stability along with flexibility to cater to both types of environment.
Joomla team has decided that the
New Improved Release Cycle from April 2014 onwards, they are going to release,
major and minor versions instead of their long and short term versions. In the past, they had strictly two short term
releases in between any long term release. However, they have decided to
release any number of minor versions in between major version depending on the
changing technological developments and the needs.
Moreover, it has been decided by
the Joomla development team to keep its core structure lighter. To achieve this
goal, extensions will be removed from the core and are to be treated as a
separate core supported extensions that can be attached as and when necessary
by developers. They are optional add on modules available with easy
installation.
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Objectives of New Development Strategy:
Compatibility: Joomla! The team keeps up the compatibility job as the back end work that
a user will never know when and how it continues to adapt to other
environments. Moreover, backward compatibility is maintained through consistent
maintenance.
New Features: Integration of new features is very easy and
convenient due to frequent releases and constant developmental cycles.
Improved Quality: No doubt, overall quality has been improved. Stable and enhanced supporting system are
achieved.
Predictable Releases: Frequent releases in between major releases provide
ample opportunity to introduce new features in a fast manner.
Community Engagement: It is easy to achieve a shared vision during all
phases in development cycles. It has
become easier than before for the Joomla! Community and Production
Leadership
