Since we released the Sourceforge Subversion repository for Nooku Framework, we’ve been getting some great feedback, not in the least from early adopters — developers who are already using the framework to build better Joomla extensions.

One of them, Danny Buytaert from Freakout.be, published a comparison between the Joomla Framework and Nooku Framework. If you’ve build Joomla extensions before, you’ll know how much repetitive work is involved. As you can see, Nooku reduces that to almost nothing. Danny’s Hello World extension has only a fragment of the line count of the original, Joomla-only version.

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The Nooku team is delighted to announce that the Nooku Framework has been publicly released — made available at Sourceforge.net

The framework – which was announced last May -  empowers Joomla! 1.5 to new levels and is designed to provide third-party developers with Joomla’s missing MVC.

Lead architect, Johan Janssens, said the framework will provide developers with “future-proof” tools to “enable exciting and efficient ways to make Joomla better through extendable developement.”
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