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Navigating the learning curve: a developer's perspective on leveraging AI tools like Cursor.ai for Joomla 3 development, from initial hurdles to achieving desired outcomes through clear communication and a structured approach

As a developer at Tekdi, I'm always exploring ways to streamline workflows while staying true to our core value of "giving back" to the open-source community. The promise of AI-assisted coding is compelling, but how does it fit into our philosophy of building sustainable, community-focused solutions? When a client asked me to add a new feature to an existing Joomla 3 custom component—a legacy project that needed to remain on version 3 for specific business requirements—I saw the perfect opportunity to test Cursor.ai while maintaining our commitment to open-source excellence.

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We're thrilled to announce that JMailAlerts, our popular Joomla automated email digests system, is now fully compatible with Joomla 5! This means Joomla 5 users can now enjoy all the features and benefits of JMailAlerts with ease.

Besides this, for Joomla 5 users, we have new features like allowing user groups to receive default alerts, specific user groups to sync alerts and admin email simulation.

Besides this, we have also fixed many bugs in this release.

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We're thrilled to announce that Shika, the most popular Joomla LMS, is now fully compatible with Joomla 5! This means Joomla 5 users can now enjoy all the features and benefits of Shika with ease. Besides this, we have also fixed many bugs in this release. Buy Shika With the release of Shika version 5.0.0, Joomla users across versions 4, and now 5 ...

We're thrilled to announce that JBolo, our popular Joomla chat extension, is now fully compatible with Joomla 5! This means Joomla 5 users can now enjoy all the features and benefits of JBolo with ease.  Buy JBolo Besides this, we have also fixed many bugs in this release. With the release of JBolo version 5.0.0, Joomla users across versions 3, 4, ...

We're thrilled to announce that JTicketing, our popular Joomla event ticketing extension, is now fully compatible with Joomla 5! This means Joomla 5 users can now enjoy all the features and benefits of JTicketing with ease.

Besides this, we have also fixed many bugs in this release.

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We're thrilled to announce that Quick2Cart, our popular Joomla shopping cart, is now fully compatible with Joomla 5! This means Joomla 5 users can now enjoy all the features and benefits of Quick2Cart with ease. Besides this, we have also fixed many bugs in this release.                                                                               ...

We're thrilled to announce that SocialAds, our popular Joomla advertising solution, is now fully compatible with Joomla 5! This means Joomla 5 users can now enjoy all the features and benefits of SocialAds with ease. Buy SocialAds With the release of SocialAds version 5.0.0, Joomla users across versions 3, 4, and now 5 can seamlessly integrate adve...

We're thrilled to announce that JGive, our popular Joomla crowdfunding extension, is now fully compatible with Joomla 5! This means Joomla 5 users can now enjoy all the features and benefits of JGive with ease.

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