Vast Development Method

14/07/2025

🔥 JCB v5.1.1 is LIVE!
After 5 months of intense development, we’re beyond excited to launch the most powerful version of Joomla Component Builder yet — and yes, it’s a Vast Development Method project! 💪

✨ What’s new?
• 🧠 Brand-new Packaging Engine — Push components, views, fields & blueprints straight to Git!
• 🧩 Sleek new Modal Select (Joomla 5 only) — smarter, smoother UX
• 📚 Full history tracking for subform data
• 🛠 Major refactors & performance boosts
• 🚀 99% Joomla 6 ready!

And for Joomla 4 users: JCB v4.1.1 is also out with nearly all the same features (except Modal Select)!

📝 Dive into the full release notes here:
👉 https://github.com/orgs/joomengine/discussions/994

🔗 Quick links:
→ JCB v5.1.1 Release Notes
→ JCB v4.1.1 Release Notes

21/06/2025

You own Your business.
Shouldn't you own your software too?

Software, in our hands, is like wood in the hands of a carpenter; and owned by the one who commissions it.
We craft software to serve people, not control them.
That’s why everything we build is grounded in freedom. You have the freedom to inspect it, reshape it, grow with it, and keep it as you choose.
- You own your software – no vendor lock-in
- You see the code – no hidden logic
- You stay in control – now and in the future
When we develop custom solutions tailored to your business needs, they’re always built on open code principles. You get software you can inspect, extend, and trust.
Whether you're building internal tools or customer-facing platforms, open source is the backbone of future-proof technology.

Start owning your code!
https://vdm.bz/portfolio

22/02/2017

Our flag ship project is JCB or Joomla Component Builder, take a look.

Joomla-Component-Builder - Builds Complex Joomla Components

22/02/2017

I started VDM with the sole purpose to facilitate the development of various business enterprises in the arena of computer science, industrial manufacturing and art.

This means all projects and initiatives will in actuality function in VDM as the facilitator of it all.

http://www.vastdevelopmentmethod.com/

So as a programmer and software engineer VDM is my trade mark! Then as a technological adviser to IT managers VDM serves as a trusted name. In the wake of the software revolution VDM stands as a point of direction.

As OWNER of the company my commitment is to build sustainable relationships of trust, by professional service with the technologies of computer science.

Vast Development Method is a Namibian a professional software development firm in Windhoek. We specialize in PHP and JAVA applications.