README

Warning: Currently in alpha stage!

Tools and Tasks based on Robo.li for Joomla Extension Development and Releases

Installation (Standalone):

• composer install
• configure jorobo.ini
• vendor/bin/robo

Function overview:

• vendor/bin/robo build - Builds your extension into an installable Joomla! package or zip file including replacements
• vendor/bin/robo map - Map (Symlink) your extension into a running Joomla! installation
• vendor/bin/robo headers - Adds / updates the copyright headers in the source directory (set them in the jorobo.ini)
• vendor/bin/robo bump - Exchanges the string __DEPLOY_VERSION__ in each file in the source directory with the version number set in the jorobo.ini.

How-to use in your own extension

Do a composer require joomla-projects/jorobo:dev

Make sure your RoboFile.php loads the tasks:

<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

class RoboFile extends \Robo\Tasks
{
	use \Joomla\Jorobo\Tasks\loadTasks;
	..

Then you can use it for your own tasks for example:

$this->taskMap($target)->run();

or

$this->taskBuild($params)->run()

Look at the RoboFile.php in the library root for a sample file.

Usage in your own extension

Directory setup

In order to use JoRobo you should use the following directory structure (it's like the "common" joomla one)

Components

source/administrator/components/com_name/
source/administrator/components/com_name/name.xml
source/administrator/components/com_name/script.php (Optional)
source/components/com_name/
source/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_name.ini
source/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_name.sys.ini
source/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_name.ini
source/media/com_name

Modules

source/modules/mod_something
source/media/mod_something
source/language/en-GB/en-GB.mod_something.ini

Plugins

source/plugins/type/name
source/media/plg_type_name
source/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.plg_type_name.ini

Extension setup

Either use the sample RoboFile or extend your own with it.