Generate Joomla! 1.5 MVC the Ruby on Rails style

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Rastin Mehr

Joomla! CMS

One of the great features about the Ruby on Rails Model View Controller (MVC) architecture is the concept of generators which can quickly create the mvc layers.

The Joomla! 1.5 framework is now using an MVC by choice architectre, however the generators are still missing. Joomla! 1.5 is no-longer just a Content Management System, it is a great framework for building all kinds of web applications with a CMS edge.

My friend and business associate Arash from PeerGlobe technology has written an awesome tutorial to help you Build Joomla! MVCs the Ruby on Rails Style.

[tags]mvc, joomla, rubyonrails, tutorial[/tags]

Get a Job at SmashLAB now

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Rastin Mehr

Our friends at SmashLAB are hiring. They are looking for an Interactive Designer, a Web Developer, and an Account Representative.

If you want to work in a snazzy Gastown studio with a truly creative team, don’t let this opportunity pass by! To learn more visit SmashLAB’s Careers.

[tags]smashlab, gastown, job, career, vancouver, gastown, interactive designer, web developer, account representative[/tags]

Flex, Air, Rails, Joomla get together

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Rastin Mehr

Flex / Rails / Air / Joomla

My good friend and business associate Arash from PeerGlobe Technology is organizing an awesome event about Adobe Flex, Rails, Air and the new Joomla 1.5 framework. This is supposed to be a fun get together of developers so you don’t have to be an expert in any of those to be able to enjoy the event. rmd Studio, Tazzu Community, and The Network Hub are 3 of the sponsors.

We’re going to have some really neat guest speakers such as Peter Armstrong (http://peterarmstrong.com ) which will be talking about his new book “Flexible Rails” (http://flexiblerails.com ) and Atul Nagpal who is an Adobe AIR and flex expert and will showcasing us some of his tips and tricks.

At the end Ash and I will be talking about the new Joomla 1.5 MVC framework and do a little comparison study.

When: March 19th 2008

Where: The Network Hub

To attend click on the button below

This event has been sponsored by:

[tags]flex, air, rails, joomla, networkhub, tazzu, rmdstudio, rastin, peerglobe[/tags]

The flexible UI – What happenend at the Vancouver Adobe AIR workshop?

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Rastin Mehr

The Vancouver Adobe AIR Workshop actually happened on last Wednesday, but I didn’t get the chance to write about it, because I was too busy organizing the Vancouver Joomla DocCamp event. I know this is bad journalism practice, but better late than never. Adobe AIR workshop was in fact organized by our associate Ash Sanieyan from the PeerGlobe Technology and rmd Studio and Tazzu were two of the sponsors in this event. This event was held at the Network Hub and about 20 developers had shown up.

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Who were the people at the Vancouver Joomla DocCamp?

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Rastin Mehr

In my previous post I promised to write a little more about the people who participated in this weekend’s Joomla DocCamp in Vancouver. A lot of these people are quite active in the Vancouver’s technology community and having the opportunity to work with them side by side is an energizing experience.

Jeannette Duguay – JenTekk Web Solutions

My business Partner and Associate, Jen is the founder of JenTekk Web Solutions and also the co-founder of Tazzu Networking Ltd. a business and technology networking community in Vancouver.

Jeannette is a web designer who has developed several projects in Joomla! CMS such as ClassicBindery.com and North49.com websites. JenTekk Web Solutions was one of the Vancouver Joomla DocCamp sponsors.

Jen was interested in the Joomla Article and Menu manager, and how they are used to achieve a proper information architecture in a Joomla powered website. You can read her blog post here: Joomla DocCamp – Fun to the finish!

Ash Sanieyan & Kim – PeerGlobe Technology

This charming couple are the founders of PeerGlobe Technology solutions and their specialty is developing custom Content Management Systems (CMS), Facebook, Open Social, and Mobile applications. Kim is the creative force behind the Marketing, Communication, and Design solutions in the PeerGlobe team. Ash is a Ruby On Rails (ROR) expert who has recently started using Joomla 1.5 framework for their project. Joomla 1.5 framework follows the Model View Controller (MVC) software architecture which is very similar to the ROR framework.

Ash is also very interested to use Adobe AIR and Flex technologies in combination with the ROR and Joomla! frameworks. On January 16th, 2008 Ash hosted an Adobe AIR and Flex workshop session at the same location, The Network Hub, which had a very good turn out. (See the pictures here)

The new PeerGlobe.com website is now powered using the Joomla 1.5 framework. PeerGlobe is an rmd Studio associate and one of the sponsors of the Vancouver Joomla DocCamp event.