Since the beginning are 3rd party extensions an important part of the Joomla ecosystem. In recent years there is an attitude of some people who are active in the core development involved, that the base CMS should be filled with functionality an external extension can do. This is very harmful for Joomla.
At J and Beyond 2016 we started with Joomla 4 as last attempt after some have failed in the past. Today the stable version is going to be released, let's celebrate it!!
A half year after the 8.0 major release, this here is the first minor release with some cool new features. The biggest ones are the timeline calendar view and the waiting list option for events. Read on for more information about DPCalendar 8.1.
Read more: DPCalendar 8.1: Excellent event management for Joomla
As Joomla 4 is on the horizon, extension developers have to make their products available on two different major versions. So testing your extension becomes even more important. Instead of doing it manually with your components, modules or plugins, it is much more convenient to make that process automated and repeatable. In this blog post you will learn why it's time now to start with automated system testing.
We are very excited to release DPCalendar version 8. It is a next big step in our history. We revamped the whole booking process and got rid of many legacy code from the last years. Making a new major version is always an exciting task for developers. You are allowed to redo things which are not compatible with the previous version. But the challenge is, how far you would go. We tried to make the update as easy as possible, but please pay attention to our breaking changes chapter as well, there are things you have to check after the update. But lets dive now in the amazing list of new features.
Read more: DPCalendar 8.0: A new Joomla event management experience
