Author Topic: Extending civiCRM (Read 2280 times)

cchan · December 19, 2007, 09:57:22 pm

Dear all, i'm a newbie on this topic. I read the whole series of civiCrm architecture series but I still don't know where to begin. If I need to write a civiCrm Extension or a civiCRM component like civiContribution, what are the general development steps?

If the answer to such a question is too long for this forum, can you please point me to some links?

Thank you.

Michał Mach · December 20, 2007, 03:11:24 am

Hey,

I would say that taking a close look at one of CiviCRM components code (like CiviEvent or CiviContribute), understanding it and trying to duplicate the model would be the proper place to start right now.

In CiviCRM 2.0, we will be introducing first batch of changes which will make extending CiviCRM much easier and straightforward, there will be also more changes of this kind along different 2.* versions. There wil be definitely some detailed documentation on writing components coming along with that, but for now, it's just reading the code. It is possible (see CiviVoter for example), but you need to have some significant coding skills to do that.

Thx,
m

Dave Greenberg · December 20, 2007, 07:49:46 am

Quote from: cchan on December 19, 2007, 09:57:22 pm

Dear all, i'm a newbie on this topic. I read the whole series of civiCrm architecture series but I still don't know where to begin. If I need to write a civiCrm Extension or a civiCRM component like civiContribution, what are the general development steps?

We are also planning more Developer Boot Camps in 2008 - which are a good way to learn about CiviCRM coding first hand and actually work on a project. Let us know if you're interested in any of the proposed dates / locations:

http://civicrm.org/node/269

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