OXID Module Skeleton Generator

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Folders structure, empty classes and metadata generation for new OXID eShop modules.

Concentrate only on features - let OXID Module Skeleton Generator create all the rest!

• Enter Your copyright data in the module settings
• Open an easy to use Module Generator Wizard
• Enter new module name and optional components
• Press "Generate New Module" and its done - new module is now ready to be activated and filled with features!

OXID Module Skeleton Generator features

• Fully configurable vendor/author parameters for new modules creation
• Vendor folder and vendor metadata automatic creation
• Standard module folders structure creation
• Completely filled module medatada file generation
• Naming based on vendor data and module name
• Created modules follow OXID standards
• Automatic creation of pre-filled README file
• Generation of PHP files comments with all vendor and module data
• Main module class is included in each generated module
  • It contains activation/deactivation events
  • Support automatic SQL execution on the events
  • The class "knows" about its module and provides useful methods
• Generation of skeleton files for...
  • Overloaded (extend) classes
  • New controllers (also templates are created)
  • Model classes
  • List model classes (linked with item model classes)
  • Widgets (also with templates)
• Smarty blocks metadata and templates generation
• Module settings metadata and translations generation
• Translation files creation
• Module version
• Automatic checkout of tests folder
  • And generation of pre-filled tests classes for each new module class
  • Configurable GIT repository URL to get tests folder from
• Learning mode
  • Creation of hints and to do tasks inside generated files to help proceed with development
  • Sample source code generation to give a hint what each class could/should contain
• Generated module is immediately working
  • Activate it and events, settings, blocks, controllers, etc. will already be in action!

Installation

• Copy the content of copy_this/ folder to OXID eShop root folder
• Activate the module in administration area
• Set eShop modules/ folder writable while generating new modules

Usage

• Make sure eShop modules/ folder (and also Your vendor sub-folder, if it exists) is writable
• Log in to eShop administration area
• (for first run) Go to Extensions -> Modules -> OXID Module Skeleton Generator -> Settings -> Vendor and Copyright Settings and enter Your vendor, copyright and author data
• Open Module Generator -> Wizard (refresh page if it did not appear after module activation)
• Enter a name for a new module in "UpperCamelCase" format, e.g. "MyModule"
• (optionally) Enter any other options required in a new module (refer to help hints for more info)
• Press "Generate New Module" button
• The module skeleton source is now available in Your vendor sub-folder
• And the module could be activated already in Extensions -> Modules

To do and nice to have features for future releases

• Refactor longer classes to move some methods elsewhere
• Extend blocks definition validation and blocks templates naming
• EDIT mode feature: for existing modules, generate/add extra stuff
• Create nice looking generation form with JS/AJAX events to validate and help enter proper values (auto-complete)
• Admin interface presets generation, also with menu.xml
• Generate picture with PNG text overlay with real module name
• PHPStorm style schemes (or some code beautifier) integration - after generation do code formatting
• Copy not all folders, but only required ones (Refactor copyDir by providing "copy scenario" array)
• dbEvent fail on multi-shops and multi-lang in real life projects - need PHP based DB installation