Presentation "The Category Item Counter - developing a new feature" at Joomladay UK 2016 on February 13th in London, UK.
How does a new feature end up in Joomla? Peter talked about the new Category Item Counter feature that will be available in Joomla 3.5:
* the purpose of the feature
* where & how the idea for the "Nice" feature originated
* how the community helped to develop this feature
* how Joomla's development cycle works, including patch testing procedure, and who's Travis?
* the problems with differences in core components
* the hidden secret of com_categories
* how to add a Category Item Counter to your own component
Presentation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK_tYC-Yy_c?t=45s