Extension Building

ChadJessen

I am wanting to learn how to build extensions. I plan on following the tutorials and looking at already created extensions and then using trial and error. What other resources are recommended for a person starting out? Suggestions? Basically, I will be starting as a brand new programmer. I know I have this community and discord to help as well.

Any thoughts and advise would be appreciated. Thank you.

Pollux

Even though I haven't tried it yet myself, this may help you:

https://discuss.flarum.org/d/11333-flarum-extension-generator-by-reflar

ChadJessen

Pollux Yes, thank you. I remember seeing that and was going to search for it. Thank you for linking it.

Ralkage

You can start --->here<--- ?

ChadJessen

Ralkage Yes, thank you. I planned on doing that as well.

ChadJessen

So I have setup a development site with all the requirements. I downloaded a couple of extensions to look at and see the coding. I think I need to learn javascript, because everything I saw was foreign to me. I will google learning javascript and if anyone has any recommendations on a good site to learn from, I would appreciate it. Or would it be better to learn one of the other languages that flarum uses first?

Ralkage

ChadJessen take it a step at a time brother ?

Learn the basics, if you aren't familiar with HTML5 (or HTML in general) or CSS, start there first and try CodeCademy. I recently took a Linux bootcamp to up my Linux Administration skills and now I'm moving on back to HTML/CSS. I would highly recommend buying Colt Steele's "The Web Developer Bootcamp" from Udemy if you can spare 10 bucks to get it. He explains things extremely well and I believe it would be best for those who like to learn through video instructions. You'll get HTML, CSS, and JavaScript all in one go with that bootcamp and it should bring you up to speed with learning how to develop for the front-end of Flarum.

For the back-end, you'll have to pick up some PHP from Laracasts (there should be a free set of lessons that tackle the basics) and then you can move on to OOP (i.e. Classes, Inheritance, Methods, Attributes, etc).

And also if you ever need help from us, head over to the Flarum Community Discord and chat with knowledgeable developers anytime!

ChadJessen

Ralkage Awesome! Thank you for your advise.