Craft CMS Summit 2014: Element Types & Plugin Development

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1. Element Types &
   Plugin Development
   Ben Croker • @ben_pylo • Craft CMS Summit 2014
   

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3. ExpressionEngine Add-Ons
   Craft Plugins
   

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4. Lead Developer
   

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5. Dublin (Ireland)
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   Vienna (Austria)
   

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8. Craft’s Architecture
   

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9. Caching • Logging • Validation • Authentication • Internationalisation
   

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10. MVC
    

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11. Controller
    Model View
    Request
    

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12. Controller
    View
    Record
    Database
    Controller Layer
    Data Layer
    Request
    

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13. Craft MVC
    

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14. Controller
    Template
    Request
    Service
    Services
    Record
    Database
    Controller Layer
    Service Layer
    Data Layer
    Router
    Request
    Routing Layer
    

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15. Controller
    Template
    Request
    Service
    Services
    Record
    Database
    Controller Layer
    Service Layer
    Data Layer
    Router
    Request
    Routing Layer
    

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16. Routing
    

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17. Resource Request
    URI contains resource trigger (“cpresources” by default)
    Action Request *
    URI contains action trigger (“actions” by default) or “action” parameter
    Element Request
    URI matches that of an element (entry, category or plugin)
    Dynamic Route
    URI matches a dynamic route in routes.php or as defined in control panel
    Template
    URI is a valid template path
    404
    URI cannot be resolved
    

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18. Plugin Development
    

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19. validator
    controllers
    elementtypes
    fieldtypes
    models
    records
    resources
    services
    templates
    variables
    ValidatorPlugin.php
    

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21. Services
    

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23. Records
    

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25. Sample Plugins
    

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26. Element Types
    

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29. app
    elementtypes
    AssetElementType.php
    CategoryElementType.php
    EntryElementType.php
    GlobalSetElementType.php
    MatrixBlockElementType.php
    TagElementType.php
    UserElementType.php
    

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31. Localisable
    Filterable
    Relatable
    Linkable
    

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32. E-Commerce
    

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33. Products & Orders = Entries
    Products = Entries; Orders = Distinct
    Products & Orders = Distinct
    

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34. Products & Orders = Native Elements
    

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35. Demo
    

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36. Unified Elemental Content Type
    Consistent User Experience
    

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37. What you knew before
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    Craft
    

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38. Thank You
    Ben Croker • @ben_pylo • Craft CMS Summit 2014
    

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