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IgnitedGetting
withEE2
I’m here to talk aboutdeveloping add-ons for >{ExpressionEngine}
Client and Developersign contract
1.
Developer gets to work
2.
Client gets annoyingand demanding.(boo)
3.
Developer can’t find it, so he decides to
build it.
4.
The site is launched
5.It’s all over now,
baby blue
Developer decides to release the add-on to
the community
6.
Bottom
UP
THE ADD-ON ISCREATED
BEC
AU
SE IT IS NECESSARY
FOR THEPROJECTTO SUCCEED
I WANTED TO FINDA SOLUTION
THAT WOULD
ALLOWDEVELOPERS
TO JUMP IN
Identifya need
THINK ABOUTEXPRESSIONENGINE
PHPCodeIgniterSocial Media
cUR
L
Web Services
E-comm
erce
REST
Maggie’s Farm
Cronjobs
Pulp’s Music Sysadmin
APIs
PythonRuby
AuthenticationjQuery
C
BRING YOUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH YOU
WANT
GET GOING
Epicentre
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dulextension
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accessory
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PLUGIN{correlates:to:a:template:tag}
Basic Text Formatting
No settings
One-off; like a rolling stone
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accessory
EXTENSIONHooks into the core:
// ------------------------------------------- // 'channel_entries_tagdata' hook. // - The times, they are a changin’ // if ($this->EE->extensions->active_hook('channel_entries_tagdata') === TRUE) { $tagdata = $this->EE->extensions->call('channel_entries_tagdata', $tagdata, $row, $this); if ($this->EE->extensions->end_script === TRUE) return $tagdata; } // // -------------------------------------------
Custom Processing
Settings
Pretty powerful!
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dulextension
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MODULE{exp:module:method}
Backend control panel
Custom database fields
Advanced, powerful add-ons
POST requests (actions)
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m
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accessory
ACCESSORYSimple tabs in the CP
JavaScript -> Mods
A group of components
m
dulextension
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accessory
FIELDTYPECustom data formatting in channel entries
Fieldtype API
Google Maps, Taggable, Playa
AN ADD-ON ISA PACKAGE
2
$this->ee =& get_instance();
$this->ee->load->library('twitter');$this->ee->twitter->call('statuses/user_timeline', array( 'user' => 'jamierumbelow'));
PAGINATION.CODEIGNITER. IMAGES. CODEIGNITER.FILE UPLOADING.CODEIGNITER. XML-RPC.FTP. CODEIGNITER. I18N.CODEIGNITER.SECURITY.CODEIGNITER.CARTS. CODEIGNITER.HTML TABLES. CODEIGNITER.SESSION.CODEIGNITER.TEMPLATING. CODEIGNITER.ZIP. CODEIGNITER.PAGINATION.CODEIGNITER. IMAGES. CODEIGNITER.FILE UPLOADING.CODEIGNITER. XML-RPC.FTP. CODEIGNITER. I18N.CODEIGNITER.SECURITY.CODEIGNITER.CARTS. CODEIGNITER.HTML TABLES. CODEIGNITER.SESSION.TEMPLATING. IT ‘AINT ME BABE. ZIP. CODEIGNITER.PAGINATION.CODEIGNITER. IMAGES. CODEIGNITER.FILE UPLOADING.CODEIGNITER. XML-RPC.
IT’S ALL CI.
$this->load->database()
Yo, EEwhat ya doin’?
ROUTING IS
WEIRD
define('TAGGABLE_URL', BASE.AMP.'C=addons_modules'.AMP.'M=show_module_cp'.AMP.'module=taggable');define('TAGGABLE_PATH', 'C=addons_modules'.AMP.'M=show_module_cp'.AMP.'module=taggable');
SOME OF THE HELPERS ARE SCREWED UP
$this->ee->TMPL->parse_variables($tagdata, $vars);
$vars = array( array( 'variable' => 'value' ), array( 'variable' => 'value2' ), array( 'variable' => 'value3' ) );
EE MODULES REQUIRES A LANGUAGE FILE
MSM
EXPERIMENT
OTHER’SWITH
ADD-ONS
THICKCLIENTS ARE
$addon_success = $this->beta_test->is_run();
DON’T RESENT SUPPORT
GET SELLING
HOPEFULLY...
Thanks!
CodeIgniter Community Chieftainhttp://jamieonsoftware.com
@jamierumbelow
http://getsparkplugs.com
