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TYPO3 Extension Development

TYPO3 Extension Development

By : Dmitry Dulepov
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TYPO3 Extension Development

TYPO3 Extension Development

4.5 (2)
By: Dmitry Dulepov

Overview of this book

The book is structured so that following the chapters in order builds a TYPO3 extension from the ground up. Experienced developers can use individual chapters independently to get only the information that they need. Each chapter is divided so that the first part contains a description and discussion of the topic covered followed by a coding example with explanation of how principles and techniques from the first part are followed in the code. The reader is encouraged not only to read the book but also to look into the discussed classes and actually code the extension while reading the book. This book is for PHP developers who want to develop a TYPO3 extension. It assumes the reader has experience with PHP, XML, and HTML. No prior knowledge about TYPO3 extension programming or the TYPO3 API is presumed.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Chapter 4. Generating Extensions

In this chapter, we will create a skeleton for our extension. Later, it will be adjusted to better fit our needs. After completing this chapter, the reader should be able to generate new extensions easily.

Why Generation?

TYPO3 extensions can be created manually. We already know which files are needed and which functions should be called to add Frontend plugins or Backend modules. So, why should we generate an extension instead of simply typing it out?

Although typing is perfectly valid, it is slow. It requires one to concentrate on the content. Typing errors are likely unless the extension developer uses a modern PHP IDE (such as Zend Studio). It is easy to forget something if an extension has several modules and tables.

Extension generation has several other advantages over the manual creation of extensions. Firstly, a developer can really concentrate on the extension details, not on putting these details into various files. Secondly, generation process ensures...

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