hallo

can anyone give me some general information about how to build an component yourself from scratch.
I try to do this so that I understand better how everything fits together.

How can i build up my code bit by bit.

Lets say a simple component to display information from a table.

What must be in the basic package installation,
and for what reasons should I reinstall the package.

Thanx,
Herman

Take a look here: docs.joomla.org/Developing_a_Model-View-...ent/2.5/Introduction

I am working this throuh.
But I try to build it up from scratch bit by bit.
What i did now is.
I first installed a really basic component as descriped in the first chapter of this tutorial.
Then i used modified
- the helloworld.php component
- i created the controller.php component with an empty class in it.
- then i made the view.html.php
- and the tmpl/default.php
I always use http://localhost/appartement/index.php?option=com_helloworld in my browser, to test the output.

But I ask myself
- can I go on like this, without reinstalling the component, because in the tutorial after every chapter, they reinstall a zip file.
I don't like this way of working, because if I wan't to write code myself I do it little bit by little bit.
But I wonder if by doings so, some information maybe will not be written to the system tables.

You will not need to reinstall for every changes, of course !

But are there changes after witch I must reinstall ?
Are is it sufficient that I install just a basic thing and develop from there on ?
Thanx

No, not really.

Maybe for the admin menu, because it is written in SQL and not easy to create a new item menu, so you can add it in the XML manifest, and reinstall.

I cannot see any other reason to reinstall your component. Just write in it