Diving In: Practical Tips for Custom Plugin Development

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1. by Blake Walters at EECI, Austin, TX on October ,  DIVING IN: PRACTICAL TIPS FOR WRITING CUSTOM PLUGINS
2. EECI HELPED CHANGE HOW I BUILD SITES
3. ‎ New development workflow ‎ Always up-to-date base install ‎ The template partials approach ‎ Custom add-on development
4. ‎ New development workflow ‎ Always up-to-date base install ‎ The template partials approach ‎ Custom add-on development
5. ‎ New development workflow ‎ Always up-to-date base install ‎ The template partials approach ‎ Custom add-on development
6. ‎ New development workflow ‎ Always up-to-date base install ‎ The template partials approach ‎ Custom add-on development
7. expressionengine.com/user_guide/ CREDITS
8. devot-ee.com CREDITS
9. google.com CREDITS
10. ExpressionEngine Control Panel CREDITS
11. ExpressionEngine Control Panel CREDITS
13. ‎ It’s notoriously slow [1] ‎ It’s not “user” friendly ‎ It’s not at all portable ‎ It locks you into a single parsing stage ‎ It gives you the “I’ll just enable PHP” mindset WHY NOT IN-TEMPLATE PHP? [1] http://www.gregaker.net/2010/oct/28/with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility/
14. ‎ It’s notoriously slow ‎ It’s not “user” friendly ‎ It’s not at all portable ‎ It locks you into a single parsing stage ‎ It gives you the “I’ll just enable PHP” mindset WHY NOT IN-TEMPLATE PHP?
16. ‎ It’s notoriously slow ‎ It’s not “user” friendly ‎ It’s not at all portable ‎ It locks you into a single parsing stage ‎ It gives you the “I’ll just enable PHP” mindset WHY NOT IN-TEMPLATE PHP?
17. ‎ It’s notoriously slow ‎ It’s not “user” friendly ‎ It’s not at all portable ‎ It locks you into a single parsing stage ‎ It gives you the “I’ll just enable PHP” mindset WHY NOT IN-TEMPLATE PHP?
18. PHP on Input PHP on Output EE Template Tags
20. ‎ It’s notoriously slow ‎ It’s not “user” friendly ‎ It’s not at all portable ‎ It locks you into a single parsing stage ‎ It gives you the “I’ll just enable PHP” mindset WHY NOT IN-TEMPLATE PHP?
21. HOW ABOUT BUILDING A CUSTOM PLUGIN?
22. ‎ Flexibility ‎ Readability ‎ Portability ‎ Performance WHY A CUSTOM PLUGIN
23. ‎ Flexibility ‎ Readability ‎ Portability ‎ Performance WHY A CUSTOM PLUGIN
24. ‎ Flexibility ‎ Readability ‎ Portability ‎ Performance WHY A CUSTOM PLUGIN
25. ‎ Flexibility ‎ Readability ‎ Portability ‎ Performance WHY A CUSTOM PLUGIN
26. GREAT, BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IT?
27. Duke Admissions CREDITS
28. Kettler Property Management CREDITS
29. Rumble Games CREDITS
30.   GETTING STARTED
31. BREAKING DOWN THE TEMPLATE TAG
32. {exp:eeci:present style=”keynote” parse=”inward”} Just a little presentation about plugins {/exp:eeci:present}
33. {exp:eeci:present style=”keynote” parse=”inward”} Just a little presentation about plugins {/exp:eeci:present}
34. {exp:eeci:present style=”keynote” parse=”inward”} Just a little presentation about plugins {/exp:eeci:present}
35. {exp:eeci:present style=”keynote” parse=”inward”} Just a little presentation about plugins {/exp:eeci:present}
36. {exp:eeci:present style=”keynote” parse=”inward”} Just a little presentation about plugins {/exp:eeci:present}
37. {exp:eeci:present style=”keynote” parse=”inward”} Just a little presentation about plugins {/exp:eeci:present}
38. {exp:eeci:present style=”keynote” parse=”inward”} Just a little presentation about plugins {/exp:eeci:present}
39. {exp:eeci:present style=”keynote” parse=”inward”} Just a little presentation about plugins {/exp:eeci:present}
40. {exp:eeci:present style=”keynote” parse=”inward”} Just a little presentation about {presentation_title} {/exp:eeci:present}
41. {exp:ce_img:pair src=”{your_custom_field}”} <img src=”{made}” width=”{width}” height=”{height}”/> {/exp:ce_img:pair}
42.   GETTING IT WRITTEN
43. expressionengine.com/user_guide/development/ CREDITS
44. expressionengine.com/user_guide/development/plugins.html CREDITS
45. http://expressionengine.com/user_guide/development/guidelines/general.html CREDITS
46. pkg.io CREDITS
52. THE SIMPLEST OF PLUGINS
53. {exp:eeci_demo}
56. PLUGIN METHODS
57. {exp:eeci_demo:say} {exp:eeci_demo:shout}
60. PASSING PARAMETERS
61. {exp:eeci_demo:say message="Parameters are fun!"}
64. TAG PAIRS
65. {exp:eeci_demo:shout} Tag pairs aren't bad either {/exp:eeci_demo:shout}
68. COMPLEX OUTPUT
69. {exp:eeci_demo:feed_info} <h1>{title}</h1> <p> {publish_date} </p> {content} {/exp:eeci_demo:feed_info}
74. {exp:eeci_demo:feed_info} <h1>{title}</h1> <ul> {authors} <li>{name}</li> {/authors} </ul> <p> {publish_date} </p> {content} {/exp:eeci_demo:feed_info}
77. {exp:eeci_demo:feed_info} <ul> {authors} <li> <p>{name} </p> <p> {tags} {tagname} {/tags} </p> </li> {/authors} </ul> {/exp:eeci_demo:feed_info}
78. {exp:eeci_demo:feed_info} <ul> {authors} <li> <p>{name} </p> <p> {tags} {tagname} {/tags} </p> </li> {/authors} </ul> {/exp:eeci_demo:feed_info}
79. FIXING THE PARSE ORDER
83. {exp:eeci_demo:feed_info} {count} {total_results} {switch=”one|two|three”} {/exp:eeci_demo:feed_info}
84. Questions so far?
85.   STEPPING UP YOUR GAME
86. ‎ Project Specific ‎ Abstracted and Stand-Alone PLUGIN ORGANIZATION
87. ‎ Project Specific ‎ Abstracted and Stand-Alone PLUGIN ORGANIZATION
88. BUILT-IN EE CLASSES
95. exp_channels exp_channel_titles exp_channel_data exp_categories exp_category_posts exp_relationships (exp_playa_relationships)
98. ‎ CP ‎ Email ‎ File Field ‎ Form Validation ‎ Input ‎ Language ‎ Layout A WHOLE BUNCH MORE ‎ Localization ‎ Logger ‎ Security ‎ Table ‎ Typography ‎ URI ‎ XML Parser
99. TAPPING INTO OTHER ADD-ONS
101. Duke Admissions CREDITS
103. THE CI IN EECI
104. THE CI IN EECI
105. ‎ Benchmarking ‎ Calendar ‎ Encryption ‎ Image Manipulation ‎ XML-RPC ‎ Zip Encoding ‎ tons more... CODEIGNITER LIBRARIES/CLASSES
107. {if “{exp:eeci_demo:is_mobile}” == "true"} You're on a mobile device. {if:else} No mobile for you! {/i }
109. ‎ Array ‎ Cookie ‎ Date ‎ Number ‎ Path ‎ URL ‎ tons more... CODEIGNITER HELPERS
111. {exp:eeci_demo:inflector text="dogs" method="singluar"} {exp:eeci_demo:inflector text="cat" method="plural"} {exp:eeci_demo:inflector text="maybe something to camel case" method="camel"} {exp:eeci_demo:inflector text="Combine to a single word" method="underscore"} {exp:eeci_demo:inflector text="maybe_a_url_title" method="human"}
113. codeigniter.com/user_guide/ CREDITS
114. WHERE TO NOW?
115. Thanks! @markupboy blake@markupboy.com markupboy.com