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Moodle plugin skeleton generator

This tool allows developers to quickly generate code skeleton for Moodle plugins. Relevant code is generated according to defined list of requested plugin features.

Usage

Plugin features and other properties are described in so called recipe files. Recipes use YAML syntax.

name: Moodle demo plugin
component: tool_demo
release: "0.1.0"
requires: "3.9"
maturity: MATURITY_ALPHA
copyright: 2021 David Mudrák <david@moodle.com>

features:
  readme: true
  license: true
  settings: true

privacy:
  haspersonaldata: false

For full list of supported options, see cli/example.yaml file.

To generate skeleton of the plugin described in ./myplugin.yaml:

$ php cli/generate.php myplugin.yaml

Run generate.php --help for more options and features.

Documentation

See the page Plugin skeleton generator at moodle docs site.

Installing from Git

  1. Go to the folder with your Moodle development installation:

    $ cd {your/moodle/dirroot}
    
  2. Clone this repository to the correct location folder:

    $ git clone https://github.com/mudrd8mz/moodle-tool_pluginskel.git admin/tool/pluginskel
    
  3. Complete the installation:

    $ sudo -u www-data php admin/cli/upgrade.php
    

or just log in to your Moodle development site as an admin.

License

Copyright (C) 2016 Alexandru Elisei, David Mudrák

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.