Plugins for Plugins for Craft CMS

A short talk I presented at the Craft Austin meetup. In this talk I walk though setting up a basic plugin in Craft and a little insight to how we are selling plugins on Craft Plus - https://craftpl.us/

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2. Anatomy of a Plugin Part 1
3. Choose a name that’s easy to remember Plugin names should be 1 word or an abbreviation Choosing a Name Anatomy of Plugin FIG. 1
4. NameSpacesMatter Anatomy of Plugin FIG. 2 Plugin folders and urls File names and classes Always lowercase Always CamelCase
5. Primary Plugin Class Anatomy of Plugin FIG. 3 Public facing info Plugin controls Name, Version, Developer, Developer URL Settings, hasCpSection, init, onAfterInstall, onBeforeInstall, on->Event
6. Craft vs. MVC Anatomy of Plugin FIG. 4 Traditional MVC Craft Plugin MVC (VVSCMR) View -> Controller -> Model View -> Variable -> Service -> Controller -> Model -> Record
7. Creating a plugin variable Anatomy of Plugin FIG. 5 {{ craft.lemmings.widget("hello") }} Template Variable <?php namespace Craft; class LemmingsVariable { public function widget($lemmingName) {
 return craft()->lemmings->widget($lemmingName);
 } } index.html lemmings/variables/LemmingsVariable.php <?php 
 namespace Craft;
 class LemmingsService extends BaseApplicationComponent { public function widget($lemmingName) {
 return craft()->lemmings->widget($lemmingName);
 } } Service lemmings/services/LemmingsService.php > >
8. Creating a plugin action Anatomy of Plugin FIG. 6 <form action="
 {{ actionUrl(‘lemmings/test') }}
 " method=“POST"> I am a form </form> Template Controller <?php namespace Craft; class LemmingsController extends BaseController { public function actionTest() { echo ‘hello world’; $this->redirect('/thanks'); } index.html lemmings/controller/LemmingsController.php >
9. Introducing Casper Anatomy of Plugin FIG. 7 A barebones plugin Public facing info + admin templates + js/css resources Find Casper at https://craftpl.us/plugins or https://github.com/CraftPlus/Casper FREE
10. A peak a Casper Anatomy of Plugin FIG. 8
11. Introducing Lemmings Anatomy of Plugin FIG. 9 A fully featured plugin CRUD functionality + embedded variable & asset access + plugin MIT license Find Lemmings at https://craftpl.us/plugins/lemmings
12. A peak a Lemmings Anatomy of Plugin FIG. 10
13. A beating heart Part 2 (To Sell Plugins)
14. Launching Craft Plus A beating heart FIG. 1 - http://craftpl.us
15. Craft Plus Plugins - Part 1 A beating heart FIG. 2
16. Craft Plus Plugins - Part 2 A beating heart FIG. 3
17. Craft Plus Plugins - Part 3 A beating heart FIG. 4
18. Catch and Release A beating heart FIG. 5 > Plus Plugin Stripe Charge Email Admins Email Buyer w/plugin > Plus Plugin + Record Purchase Generate Serial Dashboard, charts and stats Buy Form stripe.js Plugin price, id
19. Getting Dashboard-y A beating heart FIG. 6
20. A detailed view A beating heart FIG. 7
21. Lessons Learned Part 3
22. Thanks! @adammccombs taechogroup.com / craftpl.us