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Is there any "How to build simple web app with Joomla Framework for dummies" tutorial?

I'd suggest not using the Framework. Its going to take you a long time to understand, as there is very little implementation orientated documents, there are few people using it so your chance of ...
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Is there any "How to build simple web app with Joomla Framework for dummies" tutorial?

There isn't a lot of documentation on this, however each individual framework package has it's own "Getting Started" section so you can see how it's used: https://github.com/joomla-framework The ...
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Seeking a current Framework Starting Point

I had the same issue once and I solved with with a lot of trial and error. You're going to really struggle doing this without composer though, so I strongly suggest using it. You'll firstly need to ...
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Error: Failed to start application: Failed to start the session

Common causes for the “failed to start session” error in Joomla: see https://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=982009 Make sure that your version of PHP can connect to the database: see Optional ...
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Error: Failed to start application: Failed to start the session

Joomla works with sessions. It needs to be able to write session info to the #__session table in the database. Your error message indicates that Joomla cannot write to the database, hence it cannot ...
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Joomla Framework folder "libraries" missing

That doc page references a dead version of the project (joomla/joomla-framework which hasn't seen activity for a half-decade or more) which is a good indication that the rest of it is outdated as well....
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How to Completely Remake (Delete, Then Add) Menu Items Through Joomla Framework

You are probably best looking at com_menu and studying how core Joomla does it. For deleting and adding entire menus, you can see the relevant functions at \administrator\components\com_menus\models\...
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Return JSON using the Joomla Framework

Here you go (for use in controller methods mapped to by webservices plugin-mediated routes predominantly): This works in J! 3 & J! 4 In your controller's class, add the following public method (I ...
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How to build a RESTful API with Joomla

The following site seems to be an excellent resource for guidelines on how to build a RESTful JSON API: http://jsonapi.org/ For what it's worth, I am also launching an API product for Joomla 3.4.x ...
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