A presentation made to the Sydney Joomla User Group in November 2018 on the roadmap for Joomla in 2019 and personal observations on Joomla 4 and beyond.

1. Joomla 2019 Roadmap
Joomla 4 & Beyond
Robert Fairhead, Rocher Communications
www.rocher.com.au
www.tallandtrue.com.au
www.robertfairhead.com

3. Downloading & Installing Joomla 4
Joomla! Developer Network
developer.joomla.org/roadmap.html

4. Joomla 4.0.0 Alpha 5 - 05 November 2018
GitHub -> joomla/joomla-cms
github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/releases/tag/4.0.0-alpha5

5. First attempt to install Joomla 4.0
● Entered Setup Site Name, Login Data, and Database Configuration boxes and clicked
Install Joomla.
● The Database Configuration box stays visible and above it the two previous step boxes
(Setup Site Name, Login Data) became visible again
● Clicked Install Joomla again and ...

6. WTF!? Oh, don’t click button before reading post!

7. Developer - Nightly Builds
● developer.joomla.org/nightly-builds.html
● 07 November

8. Second attempt to install Joomla 4.0
● My database name: staging-rocher

9. Third attempt to install Joomla 4.0
● Changed my database name: stagingrocher
● "An error occurred while trying to create the database stagingrocher. The user may not
have enough privileges to create a database. The required database may need to be
created separately before you can install Joomla".

10. Big THANKS, Tim!

11. Also big thanks, Joomlashack
Joomla 4 Tutorials (https://www.joomlashack.com/blog/tutorials):
● Admin Template
● Media Library Features
● Installer (Hmm!)
● Workflows Feature (Tim’s presenting)

12. Live demo - Admin, Articles & Media

13. What’s new in Joomla 4?
(developer.joomla.org/news/758-joomla-4-is-on-the-horizon-alpha-5.html)
Joomla 4 will deliver more simplicity and a better experience for users and a more powerful system for developers. Here is a
short list of Joomla 4 key features and benefits we intend to implement:
● A cleaner and more powerful codebase. With the removal of deprecated functions from Joomla 3.x and the use of PHP
namespaces that allows developers to deliver more robust and innovative applications than ever before
● Install Joomla in the blink of an eye. An easier, faster and more user friendly install process
● Brand new User Interfaces (backend and frontend) to provide a new and improved experience, using Bootstrap 4
● The web is for all, we aim to ensure that the backend template is accessible (Level AA of WCAG 2.1)
● The power of the Joomla Framework merged into the CMS
● A fully rebuilt Media Manager with a cleaner User Interface and new image editing capabilities
● New security features such as support for prepared SQL statements
● An enhanced event dispatching system
● Reworked Application for Command Line Interface (CLI) … and much more!

14. Questions/Discussion/Contacts?
● Joomla! Developer Network: developer.joomla.org
● Tim Plummer: www.tamlynsoftware.com
● Joomlashack Tutorials: www.joomlashack.com
● Rocher Communications: www.rocher.com.au
● Tall And True: www.tallandtrue.com.au
● My Blog: www.robertfairhead.com
● Dog Training: www.easternsuburbsdogtraining.org.au