Getting Ignited with EE2

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1. Ignited Getting with EE2
4. I’m here to talk about developing add-ons for >{ExpressionEngine}
5. Client and Developer sign contract 1.
6. Developer gets to work 2.
7. Client gets annoying and demanding. (boo) 3.
8. Developer can’t find it, so he decides to build it. 4.
9. The site is launched 5. It’s all over now, baby blue
10. Developer decides to release the add-on to the community 6.
11. Bottom UP
12. THE ADD-ON IS CREATED BECAUSE IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT TO SUCCEED
13. I WANTED TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WOULD ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO JUMP IN
14. Identify a need
15. THINK ABOUT EXPRESSIONENGINE
16. PHP CodeIgniter Social Media cURL Web Services E-commerce REST Maggie’s Farm Cronjobs Pulp’s Music Sysadmin APIs Python Ruby Authentication jQuery C BRING YOUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH YOU
17. WANT
18. GET GOING
19. Epicentre
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22. PLUGIN {correlates:to:a:template:tag} Basic Text Formatting No settings One-off; like a rolling stone
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24. EXTENSION Hooks 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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26. MODULE {exp:module:method} Backend control panel Custom database fields Advanced, powerful add-ons POST requests (actions)
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28. ACCESSORY Simple tabs in the CP JavaScript -> Mods
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30. FIELDTYPE Custom data formatting in channel entries Fieldtype API Google Maps, Taggable, Playa
31. AN ADD-ON IS A PACKAGE 2
32. $this->ee =& get_instance();
33. $this->ee->load->library('twitter'); $this->ee->twitter->call('statuses/user_timeline', array( 'user' => 'jamierumbelow' ));
34. PAGINATION.CODEIGNITER.IMAGES. C FILE UPLOADING.CODEIGNITER.XML-R FTP.CODEIGNITER.I18N.CODEIGNITER SECURITY.CODEIGNITER.CARTS. CODE HTML TABLES. CODEIGNITER.SESSION TEMPLATING. CODEIGNITER.ZIP.CODE PAGINATION.CODEIGNITER.IMAGES. C FILE UPLOADING.CODEIGNITER.XML-R FTP.CODEIGNITER.I18N.CODEIGNITER SECURITY.CODEIGNITER.CARTS. CODE HTML TABLES. CODEIGNITER.SESSION TEMPLATING. IT ‘AINT ME BABE.ZIP.CO PAGINATION.CODEIGNITER.IMAGES. C IT’S ALL CI.
35. $this->load->database()
36. Yo, EE what ya doin’?
37. ROUTING IS WEIRD
38. 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');
39. SOME OF THE HELPERS ARE SCREWED UP
40. $this->ee->TMPL->parse_variables($tagdata, $vars);
41. $vars = array( array( 'variable' => 'value' ), array( 'variable' => 'value2' ), array( 'variable' => 'value3' ) );
42. EE MODULES REQUIRES A LANGUAGE FILE
43. MSM
44. EXPERIMENT OTHER’S WITH ADD-ONS
45. THICK CLIENTS ARE
46. $addon_success = $this->beta_test->is_run();
47. DON’T RESENT SUPPORT
48. GET SELLING
49. HOPEFULLY...
50. Thanks! CodeIgniter Community Chieftain http://jamieonsoftware.com @jamierumbelow http://getsparkplugs.com