Joomla News for 2020-09-16

The Joomla Extension Directory (JED) Team met August 28th and has provided an update on team organization, plans, and JED4 project details
Joomlashine shared "When is Joomla 4 ready?" - a quick update on where Joomla 4 is at and how you can help it get out faster
JoomDev shared the "5 Best IDE for Developers" to help you increase your productivity
TechJoomla re-shared their "Joomla Security Best Practices" article that includes 15 Tips to keep your Joomla site secure
The Joomla team has released a short video that gives a quick 10 minute tutorial on "Using the Web Services API" in Joomla 4
You can showcase your best Joomla sites or view those of others on the official Joomla Showcase site
Joomla takes security seriously - and you can find out how that works by reading about the Joomla Security Strike Team
JoomlArt has published a great introduction and overview of The All-New Article Workflow in Joomla 4

In the latest Joomla Magazine

Getting extensions ready for Joomla 4 - an interview with Marco Biagioni, the man behind the J! Extensions Store
The UE-US Privacy Shield Framework invalidated by the Court of Justice of the European Union
Kids build websites - new blood for the Joomla project
The impact of the EU 2019/1150 Regulation on eCommerce and Marketplaces
15 Milestones in 15 years - celebrating Joomla's Birthday
The Joomla! Identity Portal
Joomla Web Services API 101 - Tokens, Testing and a Taste Test in Joomla 4
Joomla extensions: where to find them?
Meet Joomler David Jardin, Team Leader for the Security Strike Team

Joomlashack shared "How to Manually Delete a Joomla Extension" - for times when you can't use the Joomla admin to do it for you
Joomlashack has also shared a good tutorial on "Joomla Overrides for Components, Modules and Languages" in their latest blog post

The latest update for Joomla was released 2 weeks ago - Joomla 3.9.21 - this update fixeslow priority security vulnerabilities and includes over 20 bug fixes and improvements
Joomla 4 Beta 4 is available, along with Joomla 3.10 Alpha 2 have just been released

Joomlashack has released the latest update to OSMap v 4.2.35 - the easiest way to add a sitemap to your Joomla site
StackIdeas has released version 4.2.1 of PayPlans their membership subscription extension
JFB Connnect v.8.4.6 has been released by SourceCoast - allowing you to integrate Joomla with most major social networking sites
StackIdeas has released verion 4.2.1 of PayPlans - adding Joomla 4 compatability to the payment and subscription system

miniOrange has released the SAML SP Single Sign On - which allows users to log-in to your joomla site using ADFS Directory apps accounts
JoomlArt has released their all-new T4 Page Builder - that allows you to create visually rich Joomla pages with drag and drop functionality

October 17 - Joomla Day Chicago - an online event with many sessions including Keynote Speaker Joomla! President, Brian Mitchell
October 17 - Pizza, Bugs, and Fun - ONLINE event
November 11 - Joomla! User Group Chicago North will have their JoomlaDay chicago wrap-up
Every Saturday - 6:00-18:00 UTC - Bugs and Fun @ Home - you can help Joomla move forward

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