This tutorial explains you how to start coding inside your component.

Level : Intermediate
Size : 14.5 Mo
Duration : 2 hours.

This workshop has been presented in France, and has been translated in english with the precious help of audibleid.

Download the tutorial.

Subject of study :

The main objective is to get on with the N-M relations.
The final component will be able to store the visits (or travels) of a Person (Travellers) to a list of Cities.
Cities, Travellers are simple tables
Travels is a N-M linking the both.
The special gift at the end is a google map integration with JDom (by yourself).


Summary :

1. Template and JDom
2. Fields & Forms
3. Displaying a N-M Relationship
4. Custom Task
5. Redirections
6. N-M Relationship in Grid
7. Creating a JDom Widget (Google Map)
8. Using your JDom Widget

Zip files are installs of the component for each chapter.
Before to do Chapter 1, install 'com_travel.1.1.zip'
Before to do Chapter 2, install 'com_travel.1.2.zip'
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Reinstalling after each chapter is facultative. If you follow well the lesson, you can do the whole component by yourself.