We'll now go through an automated method of creating a module with backend administration. This will show us how to quickly deploy a base of a fully featured module in the future. After doing that, we'll go through this code to understand how it all works individually.
Note
We can find the Module Creator
available as an extension on Magento Connect at the following link: http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/1108/modulecreator. Credit for the Module Creator
script goes to Daniel Nitz, with the example templates being created by Alistek.
This script allows us to put together a solid base of required files for our modules, without having to manually create each file. It saves some time when creating all the individual files and all developers should know about this when getting into regular module development for Magento. While it's not a substitute for knowing how to put together the modules ourselves, it does help when we need to get a module...