Implement business logic

Hi there! What if I was implemented the business logic into my component on model level then reconized that something is missing (for example a field) . Will the new component overwrite all the files in component? If so what is the best way to implement my custom code into the component? I would not like to diff these changed files every time if i had to re-create my component. I hope my question is clear. Thanks for your help.

Tip: use overrides bij adding your default.php to templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/YOUR_COMPONENT/YOUR_VIEW/. This can be done on frontend, as well as backend (administrator/templates/YOUR_ADMIN_TEMPLATE/html/YOUR_COMPONENT/YOUR_VIEW)

In that way you can always keep your changes. Mind that if you add fields, these are not automaticly added in your override.

More on overrides: docs.joomla.org/How_to_override_the_outp...rom_the_Joomla!_core

Especially in development this is the easiest way to prevent your component being overwritten when installing a update. I recommend doing this also in production, so you can easily update/fix your component.

wow, the forum played som trick on me, sorry for posting the same reply 4 times (but why?).

Anyway, a little addon on my previous comment, you can find your views for frontend in site/views, for backend in administrator/views. Copy those to your html-folder in your template. Mind that in de component the default.php (or edit.php for backend form views) is located in a tmpl folder. Move it out of the tmpl folder, so the file is directly in your view folder (i.e. templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/YOUR-COMPONENT/YOUR_VIEW/default.php)