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Here is a bunch of developer documentation for Mahara, including design, policy and specific feature documents.
Here is a bunch of developer documentation for Mahara, including design, policy and specific feature documents.


This is for people who want to understand how Mahara works, or want to develop new code or plugins for Mahara. If you want to customise your Mahara - e.g. change the language/theme, or simply install plugins, check out the [[Customising]] section.
This is for people who want to understand how Mahara works, or want to develop new code or plugins for Mahara. If you want to customise your Mahara - e.g. change the language/theme, or simply install plugins, check out the [[Customising]] section.
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== Overview ==
== Overview ==


* [[Developer Area/Mahara development overview|Mahara development overview]] - explains how Mahara gets developed, who does it, and how people become Mahara developers
* [[Developer Area/Mahara project overview|Mahara development overview]] - explains how Mahara gets developed, who does it, and how people become Mahara developers
* [[Developer Area/Mahara Architecture Introduction|Mahara Architecture Introduction]] - this series of articles explains how Mahara fits together, where it's pluggable and why it's written the way it is.
* [[Developer Area/Mahara Architecture Introduction|Mahara Architecture Introduction]] - this series of articles explains how Mahara fits together, where it's pluggable and why it's written the way it is.
* [[Developer Area/Plugins|Plugins]] - (soon to be) your one-stop-shop for information about developing plugins for Mahara
* [[Developer Area/Plugins|Plugins]] - (soon to be) your one-stop-shop for information about developing plugins for Mahara
* [[Developer Area/Language Packs|Language Packs]] - how to write a language pack for Mahara, and how to contribute it back
* [[Developer Area/Language Packs|Language Packs]] - how to write a language pack for Mahara, and how to contribute it back
* [[Developer Area/Documentation Wishlist|Wishlist]] - what documentation did you find missing and would like people to contribute?
* [[Developer Area/Documentation Wishlist|Wishlist]] - what documentation did you find missing and would like people to contribute?
* [[User:Aaronw]] - Aaron's work-in-progress Developer Docs version 2
* And if you just want the [[Developer Area/Source code|source code]], it's available via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/git git] at
 
** Our gerrit code review system: <tt>git clone https://reviews.mahara.org/mahara</tt>
=== Finding your way around ===
** git.mahara.org: https://git.mahara.org/mahara/mahara
 
** Github: https://github.com/MaharaProject/mahara
* [[Developer_Area/Mahara_Architecture_Introduction|Mahara Architecture Introduction]]
* [[Developer Area/Common issues|Common issues]]
* [[Developer_Area/Core_Subsystems|Core Subsystems]]
* [[Developer Area/PHP8|PHP8 support]]: Info about support for PHP8 in different Linux distributions
* [[Developer_Area/Database_conventions|Database conventions]]
* [[Developer_Area/Development_Tutorials|Development Tutorials]]
* [[Developer_Area/HowToWriteAViewTemplate|How to write a view template]]
* [[Developer_Area/Import//Export|Import/Export]]
* [[Developer_Area/Language_Packs|Language Packs]]
* [[Developer_Area/Plugins|Plugins]]
* [[Developer_Area/Release_Policy|Release Policy]]
* [[Developer_Area/CLI_Framework|Command Line Interface Framework]]
 
=== Getting set up ===
 
* [[Developer_Area/Developer_Tools|Setting up your development tools]]
* [[Developer Area/Developer Environment|Setting up a development environment]]
* [[Developer_Area/Getting_Code_from_Git|Getting Code from Git]]
* [[Developer_Area/Changing_Hostnames|Changing Hostnames]]
 
=== Contributing improvements ===
* [https://mahara.org/tracker/ How to submit good bug reports]
* [[Developer_Area/Bug_Status|Bug Status Policy]]
* [[Developer_Area/Bite_Sized|Bite sized code tasks]]
* [[Developer_Area/Coding_guidelines|Coding guidelines]]
* [[Developer_Area/Contributing_Code|Contributing Code]]
* [[Developer_Area/Code_Review|Commit Policy]]
* [[Developer_Area/How_to_Review_Code|How to Review Code]]
* [[Developer_Area/Unit_Testing|Unit Testing]]
 
=== Join in the discussion ===
 
We have [http://mahara.org/group/view.php?id=1 a discussion forum] on mahara.org.
 
You can also find us in #mahara-dev on irc.freenode.net
 
If you have not got an IRC client or cannot connect with one, you can use the [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=mahara-dev&uio=MTE9MTAz8d freenode web client].
 
=== Meeting minutes & dev team notes ===
 
* [[Developer_Area/Developer_Meetings|Developer Meetings]]
* [[Developer_Area/Packaging|Packaging]]
* [[Developer_Area/Release_Instructions|Release Instructions]]
* [[Developer_Area/Security_Team|Security Team]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development|Specifications in Development]]
* [[Developer_Area/Significant_Bug_Documentation|Fixes for significant bugs that might bite later]]
 
== API Documentation ==
 
These pages describe specific Mahara APIs. '''Note:''' we're in the process of reorganizing our developer documentation, so not all API documentation pages will be present in this list. Please use the wiki's search feature if you don't find what you need here. Also, not all API's are documented. :(
 
==== API documentation ====
* [[User:Aaronw/Hello World]]
** https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5515&offset=0&limit=10#post23705
** My sample page with pieforms and dwoo: https://wiki.mahara.org/index.php/BasicPHPFileTemplates#Sample_page_using_pieforms_and_dwoo
* [[User:Aaronw/Database-DML]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Database-DDL]]
** I wrote a forum post here that gives an outline of how the database works: https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5515&offset=0&limit=10#post23753
* [[Developer_Area/Language strings]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Config API]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Retrieving user input]]
** aka "What to use instead of $_GET and $_POST"
* [[User:Aaronw/Cron API]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Events API]]
* [[User:Aaronw/File uploads API]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Login form]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Mahara global variables]]
** $SESSION, $USER, $THEME, etc
* [[User:Aaronw/Mahara pagetop constants]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Notification Plugins & Activities]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Pagetop Constants]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Pieforms]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Sideblocks API]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Site menus]]
* [[User:Aaronw/Smarty&Dwoo]]
 
== Useful Resources ==
 
* You can [https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/mahara/master/+subscribe subscribe to the master branch] on Launchpad to receive an email everytime a commit is made. There is also an  [http://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara.atom RSS feed of commits] if you prefer to receive information that way.
* #mahara-dev on freenode (irc.freenode.org) is an IRC channel where the core developers discuss the development of Mahara. This channel is not for support of Mahara (use #mahara instead), but you can lurk and listen in on developer conversations - and even hear about the latest new features as they're added ;)


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Latest revision as of 12:47, 18 Ocak 2022

 
Overview Finding your way around Dev setup Dev tools Contributing Testing
Keep in touch API Docs Architecture Release Instructions Plugins

Here is a bunch of developer documentation for Mahara, including design, policy and specific feature documents.

This is for people who want to understand how Mahara works, or want to develop new code or plugins for Mahara. If you want to customise your Mahara - e.g. change the language/theme, or simply install plugins, check out the Customising section.

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