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title: "Developer"
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# Developer

Welcome to the J2Commerce v6 developer documentation. This guide covers everything you need to build extensions, plugins, modules, and integrations for J2Commerce on Joomla 6.

## What You'll Find Here

- **Getting Started** — Development environment setup and architecture overview
- **Core Concepts** — MVC patterns, dependency injection, events, and services
- **Extensions** — Building components, plugins, modules, and templates
- **Features** — Products, orders, cart/checkout, payments, and shipping internals
- **API Reference** — Class reference, helper methods, and event list
- **Best Practices** — Security, performance, and coding standards
- **Contributing** — How to contribute to J2Commerce

## Sections

- [Getting Started](https://docs.j2commerce.com/developer/getting-started.md)
- [Core Concepts](https://docs.j2commerce.com/developer/core-concepts.md)
- [Extensions](https://docs.j2commerce.com/developer/extensions.md)
- [Features](https://docs.j2commerce.com/developer/features.md)
- [Field Types](https://docs.j2commerce.com/developer/fields.md)
- [API Reference](https://docs.j2commerce.com/developer/api-reference.md)
- [Tools](https://docs.j2commerce.com/developer/tools.md)