Plugin Development

Migrat­ing a web­site with plu­g­ins from Craft 2 to Craft 3

In this hangout, we'll start with a walk through upgrading a simple Craft 2 site to Craft 3. We'll explore how the upgrade process works with plugins that exist in and don't exist yet on Craft 3 and deepen our understanding of how Craft behaves during the upgrade process so we can plan successful migrations. For plugin developers, we'll continue the discussion on how to plan for and test migrations during the upgrade process, including the new Install migration and how to make sure your plugins are ready for PostgreSQL. Read More »

Ben Parizek

Cre­at­ing a Yii Mod­ule for Craft 3

In Craft 3, you might not need a plugin to add the custom functionality to your project. This article takes a look at how to build a Yii Module that works alongside a plugin in Craft 3. Read More »

Ben Parizek

Craft 3 Plu­g­in Devel­op­ment — Con­trollers & Variables 

In this hangout we'll explore the Disqus plugin for Craft 3 by nystudio107. We'll look at Controllers, Variables, Settings models, and more. Read More »

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Migrat­ing a Field Type plu­g­in from Craft 2 to Craft 3

Building plugins with Craft 3 is similar to Craft 2 in many ways, however, with a modernized codebase running Yii 2 and requiring PHP 7.0 there are several things that have changed and new concepts to become familiar with. In this hangout, we'll review the codebase of Sprout Notes, a small plugin that has been updated from Craft 2 to Craft 3. Read More »

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Migrat­ing a plu­g­in from Craft 2 to Craft 3

Building plugins with Craft 3 is similar to Craft 2 in many ways, however, with a modernized codebase running Yii 2 and requiring PHP 7.0 there are several things that have changed and new concepts to become familiar with. In this hangout, we'll review the codebase of Sprout Notes, a small plugin that has been updated from Craft 2 to Craft 3. Read More »

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Writ­ing Bul­let­proof Data­base Migrations

Over time, the database schema for your plugins is bound to change. In this hangout, we'll look at how to create a database migration and many of the considerations that should be taken into account when doing so. We'll take a look a basic migration, helper classes, command line tools, and how to write defensive migration code. Read More »

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Code Review: Extend­ing Twig with a new Tag and the MN Twig Per­ver­sion Plugin

Do you write clean, optimized code and aspire to best practices? Whether you're actively developing Craft plugins or just getting started, in this Code Review we'll demo real Craft plugin code that's out in the wild and discuss what we can learn from it and how to make it better. This week we'll look at MN Twig Perversion, one of the daring plugins that has ventured into extending Twig to create a new Twig Tag. Twig Tags are a complex feature that require we get a better understanding of Twig's internals as we extend the template engine with Token Parser and Node classes. Read More »

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Code Review: Opti­mized Tag Clouds with Taggregate

Do you write clean, optimized code and aspire to best practices? Whether you're actively developing Craft plugins or just getting started, in this Code Review we'll demo real Craft plugin code that's out in the wild and discuss what we can learn from it and how to make it better. Read More »

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Code Review: Retour Plugin

Do you write clean, optimized code and aspire to best practices? Whether you're actively developing Craft plugins or just getting started, in this Code Review we'll demo real Craft plugin code that's out in the wild and discuss what we can learn from it and how to make it better. Read More »

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Javascript in the Con­trol Panel

In this hangout, we'll take a closer look at Garnish, craft.js, and the many things that javascript does in the Craft Control Panel. From Element indexes to field layouts to modals to charts – while the javascript that helps power Craft is largely undocumented, its a core part of the user experience. Read More »

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Tools for get­ting start­ed with plu­g­in development

In this hangout, we'll look at various tools and resources to help kick-start plugin development, or just learn more about it. We'll take a closer look at pluginfactory.io and the Business Logic plugin template for Craft CMS. Read More »

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Entry­Mod­el, Asset­File­Mod­el, User­Mod­el – What is a Model?

Throughout Craft – from the documentation to template error messages to plugin development – we see references to models. In this hangout will take an everyday look at models and how we interact with them in our Craft templates and code. Read More »

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Trou­bleshoot­ing and debug­ging errors in PHP

Dump, die, throw, log. In this hangout, we'll take a look at the various tools we have to help identify and troubleshoot errors in PHP as we design and develop websites and plugins with Craft CMS. We take a look at various simple, dump-driven development techniques and then compare those to debugging in PhpStorm using X-debug. Brad Bell gives a demo on getting X-debug setup in PhpStorm along with several tips to improve your debugging workflow. Read More »

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Intro­duc­tion to Ele­ment Types in Craft CMS — Part 1 of 3

This recording is Part 1 the first introduction to Element Types in Craft CMS given to a small group of Craft developers. The presentation takes place 2 weeks before Peers 2014 where Brandon's course on Element Types attracted a full house and introduced Element Types to a larger audience. Read More »

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Ele­ment Types and the Ele­ment Ser­vice — Part 2 of 3

This recording is Part 2 the first introduction to Element Types in Craft CMS given to a small group of Craft developers. The presentation takes place 2 weeks before Peers 2014 where Brandon's course on Element Types attracted a full house and introduced Element Types to a larger audience. Read More »

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