🚀 Quick Update on JCB 🚀

- Actively developing for Joomla 4 & 5.
- Focused on backend stability and extensive testing.
- Preparing for first beta release this week.
- Frontend development and testing to follow.
- Tackling bugs methodically, from simple to complex.

Stay tuned for a detailed update here. Your feedback on the upcoming beta is crucial!

## JCB Beta Release: Your Feedback Needed!

🚀 Exciting news: JCB's beta version is out! We've made strides, but need your help to perfect it, especially in the list, tag, and category fields.

🐞 Key Updates & Challenges:
- Styling improvements, but some areas need more work.
- Encountering bugs in complex views.
- Import/Export functionality in the backend is problematic.
- Huge strides in adapting to Joomla 4 and 5, but some functions like batch operations aren't ready.
- Good news: Versioning works well, and API integration is in the pipeline.

🙏 Apologies for the delay. Our focus has shifted to ensure JCB is future-proof for Joomla 6, 7, and beyond.

🔍 Testing & Participation:
- Test the beta version and report issues/suggestions on GitHub (tag them as beta-related).
- Join our upcoming code sprint to tackle bugs and plan enhancements (date TBA).

💡 Additional Info:
- Dashboard feature must be active for optimal performance.
- We're resolving naming convention issues with component names.

👥 Your Role is Key:
- Test thoroughly and report each issue separately.
- Use the format [BETA] Title of the Issue for beta-related problems.

Together, let's shape JCB for Joomla 4 and 5. Thanks for your support and collaboration!

🤝 Let's advance together!

Beta JCB v3.1.31 is now out and can be tested: https://git.vdm.dev/joomla-beta/pkg-component-builder/archive/v3.1.31.zip

🚀 JCB v3.2.0-beta1 is now out!!!

- We moved beta to the main repositories
- So please check the package location has changed
- This release is the beta1 of the next stable release v3.2.0

see changelog for more.

JCB v3.2.0-beta6, v4.0.0-alpha2, v5.0.0-alpha2 is now out!

Some PHP settings that should be helpful going forward:

; Resource Limits and File Uploads
upload_max_filesize = 128M
post_max_size = 128M
max_execution_time = 60
max_input_vars = 5000
max_input_time = 60
memory_limit = 256M

> Add these to the php.ini file where you are running JCB since JCB is large and some defaults are to low.


https://git.vdm.dev/joomla/pkg-component-builder/archive/v3.2.0-beta6.zip
> see changelog

https://git.vdm.dev/joomla/pkg-component-builder/archive/v4.0.0-alpha2.zip
> see changelog

https://git.vdm.dev/joomla/pkg-component-builder/archive/v5.0.0-alpha2.zip
> see changelog

Thank you for all the testing!!!

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📢 Yes, you heard right! JCB's next set of stable releases is out. 🎉

🔥 JCB v5.0.1 - next stable release for Joomla 5.
- Changelog
- Package Repo
- Download

🚀 JCB v4.0.1 - next stable release for Joomla 4.
- Changelog
- Package Repo
- Download

💎 JCB v3.2.2 - still fully functional for Joomla 3.
- Changelog
- Package Repo
- Download

We will immediately start with the next set of alpha packages. Stay tuned for JUG meeting dates to explore the new additions. Looking forward to seeing you all again soon!

#Release

📢 JCB's next set of stable releases are out. Now with Component API!! 🎉

Joomla 4+ Introduces Native Plugin Architecture and Expanded API Support for Components

We are pleased to announce significant enhancements with this release that reshape how plugins and components are developed and integrated. Plugins are now fully native to the Joomla's new architecture, leveraging a modern, containerized system that aligns with the platform's new file structure. This update ensures seamless performance and compatibility across all Joomla environments.

Furthermore, JCB now allows the addition of APIs for all component admin views (basic first step), empowering developers to extend and customize functionality more easily than ever before.

🔥 JCB v5.0.2 - next stable release for Joomla 5.
- Changelog
- Package Repo
- Release
- Download

🚀 JCB v4.0.2 - next stable release for Joomla 4.
- Changelog
- Package Repo
- Release
- Download

💎 JCB v3.2.3 - still fully functional for Joomla 3.
- Changelog
- Package Repo
- Release
- Download