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- Here we cover the basic background of Moodle as a PHP app and its dependencies
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- Where to find everything in the project (Dev doc, dev forums, chats, tracker … not only what those things are but when you need them).
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- Tools that developers recommend to develop for Moodle (what and why and when)
- How to start and manage development of your own Moodle plugin
Contents of the “Moodle Development” course include:
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- Moodle Development Process
- Plugin Types
- Developing a plugin
- Language strings
- Anatomy of a Moodle page
- Simple Input\Output
- Navigation and Settings
- Querying the Database
- Creating New Database Tables
- Roles, Capabilities, Contexts
- Forms API
- Security
- Acceptance Testing Using behat
- Unit Testing Using phpunit
- Handling Files
- Templates
- Javascript
- Events and Logging
- Web Services and AJAX
- Backup and Restore
- Cache API
- Other Plugin Types
- Further Reading and Resources
