Add a dedicated Extrusion view for importing existing Joomla components and PHP libraries into JCB. Unify component-folder and SQL-dump extrusion through a single engine. Add PHP class harvesting into JCB Powers, including automatic class matching and dependency linking. Add import pairing with Create, Update, and Skip controls, dry runs, and per-record change previews. Improve SQL schema reconstruction to preserve column types, defaults, keys, indexes, and table configuration. Improve field imports to preserve XML settings, options, GUID relationships, and storage formats without double-encoding subform data. Reuse shared field definitions across views and preserve existing customizations during repeated imports. Detect unchanged records and avoid unnecessary writes during repeated Extrusion runs. Restore language strings and compiler placeholders in imported code, field XML, view markup, and SQL. Improve Site View and Custom Admin View discovery, template recovery, and Dynamic Get relationships. Fix Power namespace reconstruction to correctly preserve custom aliases and apply NamespacePrefix and ComponentNamespace placeholders. Fix duplicate Compile button submissions that could start concurrent builds and cause intermittent folder creation or deletion errors. #1318. Add Repair Existing Power Namespaces with automatic matching and namespace-only updates that preserve class code, GUIDs, and settings. Improve Power discovery performance with component-scoped matching, dependency indexes, and reusable parsing. Protect Extrusion imports against ambiguous matches, conflicting compiler paths, and stale change previews. Improve Extrusion error reporting and recovery after interrupted import requests. Improve the Extrusion interface with folder pickers, grouped filtering, bulk selection, responsive layouts, and a dedicated dashboard icon. Fix Extrusion self-compilation by preserving runtime marker literals and align import authorization with native view-access permissions. Replace execution of imported SQL with static parsing and validate source paths without executing imported PHP. Complete JSON:API generation for API-enabled Admin Views, including CRUD operations, relationships, filtering, pagination, and field-level permissions. Include generated API files in component manifests so they are installed with compiled components. Add API_ROUTES and API_ROUTES_METHOD placeholders for linked webservices plugins, supporting routes by record ID, GUID, and unique fields. Add read-only API resources for supported Site Views and Custom Admin Views using their existing Dynamic Gets. Fix API record creation when IDs and GUIDs are omitted, generate record keys on the server, and preserve existing GUIDs during updates. Fix API item and list model selection, including resource names with irregular plural forms. Fix API read permissions to support read-only users and return native JSON:API access-denied responses instead of administrator redirects. Fix cross-site scripting risks in generated views through corrected text sanitization, Joomla-native HTML escaping, and field escape settings. Fix edit-own permission bypasses by checking stored record ownership and applying field permissions to the record being saved. Strengthen file upload and deletion permissions with ownership and component permission checks. Fix subform updates that could overwrite or reassign records belonging to another parent. Block unsafe URL schemes in Markdown links and images. Use cryptographically secure randomness for generated passwords and upload names, and sanitize uploaded filenames. Fix generated IIS library access configuration and add missing index.html files to compiled folders. Complete extraction of generated-code logic from the legacy Fields, Interpretation, and Infusion helpers into dedicated compiler services. Consolidate shared compiler logic across Joomla versions while retaining version-specific generation where required. Refactor the Power parser to use PHP's native lexer for reliable handling of modern syntax, multiline declarations, and complex types. Fix JCB Search to prevent matching records from being skipped when processing successive batches. Fix compilation of database-aware Joomla 4 modules caused by a missing utility class import. Fix CLI repository resolution to report unresolved repository GUIDs without triggering a fatal error. Fix PHP warnings when the compiler's placeholder report contains no results. Fix toolbar generation when descriptions are missing or null. Preserve original source line endings when compiler processing leaves the content unchanged.
Add Health Check buttons to the JCB Compiler and Component list view to verify system PHP configuration. Add the Toolbar Custom Buttons subform to the Global Subform settings for improved usability and presentation. Fix the Field edit view to ensure full compliance with Joomla 6 standards and updated UI/UX conventions. Begin migration from UIkit to Bootstrap 5 to align JCB with Joomla 6+ standards. Complete Bootstrap 5 refactor of all primary views and core UI. Continue phased removal of UIkit with full transition planned for upcoming releases. Fix deprecated JText usage in Admin Custom Tabs area for Joomla 5+ compatibility. #1302. Fix snippet loading for Joomla 6, improving reliability and removing legacy UIkit dependencies during migration. Introduced strict version-aware compilation to ensure libraries are only included when explicitly defined for Joomla 6. Disabled automatic UIkit injection for Joomla 6, preventing auto-loading across custom admin views, site views, templates, and layouts. Migrate Search view for J6 to use Bootstrap and Joomla-native HTML and JavaScript. Remove all manually linked Bootstrap v4 assets from the component. Improve subform ordering fields for clearer display and better readability. Refactor the JavaScript waiting spinner to use solid, native JavaScript with improved page-loading handling.
Fix variable name mismatch for organization in the Network Resolve class. #1291. Fix issue where Admin Field relations using custom code did not automatically include multiple fields as expected. #1293. Fix issue where Admin Field relations did not correctly apply concatenation/glue options. #1294. Refactor Compiler functions to improve maintainability and align with modern PHP coding best practices. Refactor the JCB Dashboard, introducing a modernized layout, improved usability, and full responsiveness across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. Fix deprecated warnings triggered in the JCB CLI. Fix resolve PHP syntax errors and PHP 8.4 deprecations across codebase. Fix four fatal parse/compile errors. Fix implicit nullable parameter deprecations.
Fix the linked [new] button to use the correct init_default params. Fix the Components list view to better display long website urls. Fix language text area css. #1264. Refactor the JS selText method. Add fix for empty currentFullPath in the Structuresingle class. Fix the buildSelectPart method to not access an empty select value in the Queries class. Fix that ensure that we always load and int into loadUserById. Fix the subform permission behaviour to use removeField. Add version 6 to the version 5 update server, for easier upgrade path. Fixed linked admin views with New and New & Close buttons to correctly initialize fields using global unique IDs and default conventions. Resolved missing language strings when linked admin views are also configured as site edit views. Corrected misconfiguration of the isModal property for site-linked views to default to false since modals are not yet supported on the site area. Enhanced security in edit views by moving access validation into the model, ensuring protection even when Joomla bypasses the controller layer. Added user access verification logic in the model to prevent unauthorized direct item loading. Refactored the view class to introduce a class constructor that initializes key dependencies more reliably. Began aligning the view class structure with Joomla 6's updated MVC architecture for future compatibility. Improved initialization handling in the view to reduce dependency errors during rendering. Fixed a bug caused by missing option settings in the model configuration. Updated and refined the site view class for greater consistency with backend view logic. Continued progressive improvements across view classes to ensure compatibility with Joomla's evolving MVC patterns. Fix permission issue in the list view. #1266. Refactor the list view buttons. Refactor the getActions helper method. Rename Custom Buttons tab to Toolbar for clearer grouping of toolbar functions. #1268. Add options for overriding default toolbars in all Admin, Site, and Custom Admin Views. #1268. Refactor toolbar into version specific classes to resolve getToolbar errors. #1267. Add method to unify getDatabase handling across Joomla versions and prevent undefined method calls. #1270. Fix php8.3 deprecation warnings in compiler templates. #1265. Refactor and enhance the JCB Email Helper class for a more robust and maintainable design. Fix an issue where the Email Helper send() function was executed twice. Fix a issue where layouts added to the PHP Ajax Model were not loaded during compilation. Add new functionality to the toolbar override system, enabling the inclusion of custom buttons via placeholders. Fix the Compiler success message to display both build seconds and project weeks. Add Development Valuation Model to calculate JCB component pricing. Add functionality to push JCB packages to Self hosted Git system that uses a self signed SSL. Add functionality that will include Validation Rules linked to fields in JCB packages. #1273. Refactor and Improve Router Helper Class to new standard Site Router practice. Refactor and Improve JCB Search engine for better searching of JCB areas. Fix bug in the search editor in JCB Search Engine. Fix issue where Custom Gets linked to a Site view did not ship correctly with JCB packages. #1272. Fix issue where the Icon linked to a Custom Admin Menu did not ship with JCB packages. #1271. Fix and Improve Normalize Class to better handle different files Linked to JCB packages. #1274. Remove batch feature from JCB compiler Templates due to lack of use and outdated code. Refactor Utilities/Response classes for Joomla 6+ compatibility and improved version-agnostic behavior. Refactor the File Upload Manager to achieve improved maintainability, greater customization flexibility, and easier extensibility. Refactor the Item Importer to improve data management, structural clarity, and long-term maintainability of the import process. Add a Pull button to all main JCB entities, allowing a complete reset of a selected entity together with all entities linked to it, from a selected remote repository. Add functionality to the compiler to automatically pull missing entities from a remote repository when they are referenced by a component but not present locally in JCB. Refactor the Packaging Engine into separate set and get classes to improve separation of concerns, readability, and overall maintainability. Refactor and restructure the demo console item import plugin to improve usability, maintainability, and reusability across other areas of JCB. Refactor the Compiler to remove deprecated code paths and legacy classes that are no longer maintained. Add new Compiler Classes to modernise ancient tech previously embedded in the compiler and replace it with a clean, modern architecture. Add a dedicated CLI plugin to the JCB core, enabling direct interaction with JCB through the Joomla CLI console. Add structured CLI commands and options to Init, Reset, Push, and Pull JCB entities via the Joomla CLI. Add full support for compiling Components directly via the CLI, enabling automated and headless build workflows. Add functionality to place Super Power classes into the component src folder for both Admin and Site areas, using the correct namespaced structure. Add functionality to the CLI compiler to directly install compiled components and apply compiler options used during compilation. Add functionality to the compiler to automatically pull a missing component from a remote repository when a compilation is triggered and the component is not locally available. Add functionality to add and replace classes in module and plugin src folders that are linked to a component, when using correct namespace resolution. Add a Documentation tab to the Joomla Component Builder dashboard. Fix an issue with the JCB version notice on Joomla 5. Fix an issue where components without a component image failed to compile successfully. #1282. Add functionality for importing translated language strings directly into the Language Translations area of JCB. Fix issue where the Language Translations export button was not displayed due to recent toolbar changes. Fix a bug that caused language filters to malfunction because of a broken field configuration. #1278. Fix issue where components without a layout added to the Component failed to compile correctly. #1132.
Add Joomla 6 build option. Fix the template and layout linker for packages. Add native module builder for Joomla 4/5. Refactor dynamic get methods into dedicated classes. Move Joomla DB handling into compiler injector flow. Fix auto-check(in) method for Joomla 4/5 compatibility. Migrates view HTML classes to use getModel() directly instead of the deprecated magic get() calls to model methods. Refactores event handling (contentPrepare, titlePrepare, contentBeforeDisplay, contentAfterDisplay) to use Joomla 5's native event dispatcher via the model's new getDispatcher() method. Updates table classes to properly support NULL values, both in the store() method and in table variable definitions. #1245. Extractes the setAutoCheckIn() and setCheckInCall() logic into a dedicated CheckInNow class for cleaner design. Replace all direct $app->input property calls with the recommended $app->getInput() method across the entire codebase. Add Joomla 6 build option :). Fix Custom Rule Validation Bug. Unpublish Joomla 6 Backward Compatibility Plugin. Refactors the Compiler Model by dropping deprecated calls and adopting Joomla 5+ conventions. Refactors Compiler Controller to remove deprecated usage and follow Joomla 5+ best practices. Adds check to ensure expert mode subforms in the Demo Component remain set and unchanged when user lacks edit permissions. Improves validation handling of Fields by ensuring field validation rules are properly registered. Replace StringHelper with the correct Super Power key so it loads in the Compiler Controller. Add functionality to add component changelog into the package if configured. Refactor PHP classes for building HTML view files in admin and site views to align with Joomla 5+ standards. Fix issues in the site view HtmlView caused by the refactor, including missing class calls and outdated function references. Fix issue where the DatabaseSchemaCheckAll pulled all Component Builder tables into DB on install. #1253. Fix issue in the Dynamic Get when the value key is 0 it wouldn't add the 'WHERE' statement to the generated code. #1254. Change radio buttons with a empty option to save Datatype CHAR instead of TINYINT as other radio buttons. #1252. Add extra xml details to Modules built with JCB that adds advance options to the module. #1248. Remove setDocumentTitle method from the admin view since it is not being used by Joomla. #1255. Refactor compiler Move file update to classes. Refactor compiler Move plugin and module fields and rules files mover to classes. Fix issue where custom powers was not added to PowerloaderHelper. #1256. Fix normalization issue when compiling on Windows systems. #1219. Fix installer issue on Joomla 6 where components containing multiple plugins failed during installation. Completely refactors the Compiler Dashboard to align with Joomla 5+ architecture and Bootstrap 5 standards. Add a default VARCHAR(36) length to easily create fields intended to store GUID values. Update the file uploader in the Demo Component for more dynamic file display and naming. Update the SQL file dump generator to handle large SQL dumps in batches, ensuring safe and reliable database imports. Update example hints in the field expert mode options.
Move all banners to GitHub. Adds library phpspreadsheet to JCB. Adds import item example to demo component. Updates the Superpower class with the GetRemote class in the plugin. Ensures the super power autoloader triggers the correct repositories. Adds the ModalSelect fieldtype to Joomla Component Builder - J5. Adds the Data Import Function to the Demo Component. Adds new country related tables and fields to the Demo Component. Resolves the Database Updating issue in the compiler. #1212,#1209. Adds the Component Commands Plugin to the CLI for Import of spreadsheet data-sets. Add edit and create options to the ModalSelect Field (in Joomla 5). Add all needed Powers to the release package, to speed-up the build of the demo component. Refactor initialization flow to accommodate future scalability and integration with all designated areas. Refactor the Creator Builders class. Refactor the FieldString and FieldXML classes. Add JCB new package engine. Enhance operator support in dynamic get system. Relates to issue #1226. Fixes issue with loading the Component Builder Wiki. Adds advanced version update notice to the Component Builder Dashboard. Completely refactors the class that builds the Component Dashboard. #1134. Fix the FieldXML interface mismatch. #1228. Adds Initialize, Reset, and Push functionality to the Repository entities. Completely refactors the SQL tweaks and SQL dump classes. Fix bug in the filter of Languages by linked entities. #1230. Adds option to export Language Translations.
Move all banners to GitHub. Adds library phpspreadsheet to JCB. Adds import item example to demo component. Updates the Superpower class with the GetRemote class in the plugin. Ensures the super power autoloader triggers the correct repositories. Adds the ModalSelect fieldtype to Joomla Component Builder - J5. Adds the Data Import Function to the Demo Component. Adds new country related tables and fields to the Demo Component. Resolves the Database Updating issue in the compiler. #1212,#1209. Adds the Component Commands Plugin to the CLI for Import of spreadsheet data-sets. Add edit and create options to the ModalSelect Field (in Joomla 5). Add all needed Powers to the release package, to speed-up the build of the demo component. Refactor initialization flow to accommodate future scalability and integration with all designated areas. Refactor the Creator Builders class. Refactor the FieldString and FieldXML classes. Add JCB new package engine. Enhance operator support in dynamic get system. Relates to issue #1226. Fixes issue with loading the Component Builder Wiki. Adds advanced version update notice to the Component Builder Dashboard. Completely refactors the class that builds the Component Dashboard. #1134. Fix the FieldXML interface mismatch. #1228. Adds Initialize, Reset, and Push functionality to the Repository entities. Completely refactors the SQL tweaks and SQL dump classes. Fix bug in the filter of Languages by linked entities. #1230.
Fixes issue with loading the Component Builder Wiki. Adds advanced version update notice to the Component Builder Dashboard. Completely refactors the class that builds the Component Dashboard. #1134.
Refactor initialization flow to accommodate future scalability and integration with all designated areas. Refactor the Creator Builders class. Refactor the FieldString and FieldXML classes.
Adds the ModalSelect fieldtype to Joomla Component Builder - J5. Adds the Data Import Function to the Demo Component. Adds new country related tables and fields to the Demo Component. Resolves the Database Updating issue in the compiler. #1212,#1209. Adds the Component Commands Plugin to the CLI for Import of spreadsheet data-sets.
Move all banners to GitHub. Adds library phpspreadsheet to JCB. Adds import item example to demo component. Updates the Superpower class with the GetRemote class in the plugin. Ensures the super power autoloader triggers the correct repositories.
Add [AllowDynamicProperties] in the base view class for J5. Move the _prepareDocument above the display call in the base view class. Remove all backward compatibility issues, so JCB will not need the [Backward Compatibility] plugin to run. Added new import powers for custom import of spreadsheets. Move the setDocument and _prepareDocument above the display in the site view and custom admin view. Update the trashhelper layout to work in Joomla 5. Add AllowDynamicProperties (Joomla 4+5) to view class to allow Custom Dynamic Get methods to work without issues. Fix Save failed issue in dynamicGet. #1148. Move all [TEXT, EDITOR, TEXTAREA] fields from [NOT NULL] to [NULL]. Add the DateHelper class and improve the date methods. Add simple SessionHelper class. Add first classes for the new import engine. Improve the [VDM Registry] to be Joomla Registry Compatible. Move all registries to the [VDM Registry] class. Fix Checked Out to be null and not 0. (#1194). Fix created_by, modified_by, checked_out fields in the compiler of the SQL. (#1194). Update all core date fields in table class. (#1188). Update created_by, modified_by, checked_out fields in table class. Implementation of the decentralized Super-Power CORE repository network. (#1190). Fix the noticeboard to display Llewellyn's Joomla Social feed. Started compiling JCB5 on Joomla 5 with PHP 8.2. Add init_defaults option for dynamic form selection setup (to int new items with default values dynamically). Update all JCB 5 tables to utf8mb4_unicode_ci collation if misaligned. Move all internal ID linking to GUID inside of JCB 5. Updated the admin-tab-fields in add-fields view. #1205. Remove Custom Import Tab from admin view. Improved the customcode and placeholder search features.
Add [push] option to powers area. Fix error in [Save As Copy] functionality for the library. #1162. Fix error when no components exist. #1164. Fix search page error caused by File class. Fix UserGroupList compiler triggers. #1100. Add power integration field type with [init, reset, push] options. Fix default database fields to allow NULL values. #1169. Fix power list field to support search functionality. #1167. Expand Demo component in JCB v4 to include advanced features. Fix missing working path in zip creation. Fix dynamic retrieval for the demo site view. Fix demo site view to display files. Fix field type initialization message. Fix type-agnostic comparisons by casting to CHAR in dynamic get joins. Fix dynamic download for site area to use correct namespace. Fix missing edit button on fields in related views. Fix dashboard display issues. Restore search option in the [use] field for related views. Fix namespace issue causing linker to break.
Fix the missing edit button on fields in the related views. Fix the dashboard display. Place the search option back in the use field of the related views. Fix the namespace issue that broken the linker.
Fix the demo site view to also display files. Fix the message of field type init. Fix to ensure type-agnostic comparisons by casting to CHAR in joins in dynamic get. Fix dynamic download for site area to have correct namespace.
Fix database default fields to allow NULL. #1169. Fix the power list field to allow search. #1167. Expanded the Demo component in JCB v4 to include more advance features.
Fix site view form missing classes in J4+. Fix permissions tab in items in J4+. Fix site display controller checkEditId function in J4+. Add class methods to the HtmlView classes in J4+. Fix broken toolbar call in HtmlView in J4+. Fix missing scripts and styles fields and methods in the site admin view model. Update subform field layout across JCB for cleaner look. Remove expansion feature. Fix helper area. Fix database mySql update in J4+. Remove phpspreadsheet completely from Joomla 4+. Add option to use powers in preflight event in the installer class. Fix abstract schema class function check default index warring. Fix dynamicGet so that the table values will load again. #1155. Add more pure JS to the dynamic get area. Add native plugin builder for Joomla 4 & 5. Add basic API for admin views.
Fix missing scripts and styles fields and methods in the site admin view model. Update subform field layout across JCB for cleaner look. Remove expansion feature. Fix helper area.
Fix site view form missing classes in J4+. Fix permissions tab in items in J4+. Fix site display controller checkEditId function in J4+. Add class methods to the HtmlView classes in J4+. Fix broken toolbar call in HtmlView in J4+.
Fix auto build from SQL in Joomla 5. Fix permission issue for admin views. Add in JCB gitea push feature to help maintain JCB core features. Add extending options to interfaces. Change the extendsinterfaces field to allow null, #1139. Update the Schema class to also update null mismatching if needed. Add repositories for better integration with gitea. Refactored the Data classes. Add new Data classes. Add new subform classes. Fix registry class methods return type. Update all list and custom fields to use the new layouts. Add push options to Joomla Power. Complete the Joomla Power Init and Reset features. Fix Gitea Contents class functions. Fix subform set methods. Improved the Joomla Power Push path. Fix the metadata, metadesc, metakey database issue. Fix function mismatch call in the compiler power class. Fix init feature to only add missing powers. Fix controller postSaveHook function, for correct model class in Joomla 4 and 5. Fix app instances (mismatch) in the install script and schema class when installing from CLI. Add option to use placeholders in Joomla Power namespaces. Fix subform layout of uikit in JCB.
Add push options to Joomla Power. Complete the Joomla Power Init and Reset features. Fix Gitea Contents class functions. Last Alpha release (feature block).
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