Developer Tools

Add-ons Developer Tools 1.5.0

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Compatible XF Versions
2.1 , 2.2 , 2.3
Visible Branding
No
Developer Tools for XenForo 2.1.7+

Description

This add-on provides enhancements for add-on developers.

Features
  • Show display order...
    • Option group
    • Options
    • Permission groups
    • Permission
  • Test template modification against specific style
  • Show breadcrumb for style property group
  • Show template modification type in breadcrumb
  • Show option group when adding option
  • Show execution order for template modifications, class extensions and code event listeners (Since 1.2)
  • Show warnings when attempted to check for permissions or permission groups that do not exist (Since 1.2)
  • Allow creating permission via permission interface even if permissions already exist (Since 1.2)
  • Automatically fill out code event listener callback class and method as well creating listener file or adding just the function
  • Exclude files or directories via exclude_files and exclude_directories respectively via build.json from add-on archive
  • Create multiple phrases at once
  • Build add-on archive from ACP
  • View template modifications applied on a specific template
  • Minify JavaScript files locally
  • Automatically generate README.md...
    • The following information will be available in README with description whenever possible:
      • Add-on title
      • Add-on description
      • Add-on requirements
      • Options
      • Permissions
      • Admin permissions
      • BB codes
      • BB code media sites
      • Style properties
      • Advertising positions
      • Widget positions
      • Widget definitions
      • Cron entries
      • REST API scopes
      • CLI Commands
    • Further more, you can add your own blocks by creating HTML files named after the hook positions:
      • BEFORE_TITLE
      • AFTER_TITLE
      • BEFORE_DESCRIPTION
      • AFTER_DESCRIPTION
      • BEFORE_REQUIREMENTS
      • AFTER_REQUIREMENTS
      • BEFORE_OPTIONS
      • AFTER_OPTIONS
      • BEFORE_PERMISSIONS
      • AFTER_PERMISSIONS
      • BEFORE_ADMIN_PERMISSIONS
      • AFTER_ADMIN_PERMISSIONS
      • BEFORE_BB_CODES
      • AFTER_BB_CODES
      • BEFORE_BB_CODE_MEDIA_SITES
      • AFTER_BB_CODE_MEDIA_SITES
      • BEFORE_STYLE_PROPERTIES
      • AFTER_STYLE_PROPERTIES
      • BEFORE_ADVERTISING_POSITIONS
      • AFTER_ADVERTISING_POSITIONS
      • BEFORE_WIDGET_POSITIONS
      • AFTER_WIDGET_POSITIONS
      • BEFORE_WIDGET_DEFINITIONS
      • AFTER_WIDGET_DEFINITIONS
      • BEFORE_CRON_ENTRIES
      • AFTER_CRON_ENTRIES
      • BEFORE_REST_API_SCOPES
      • AFTER_REST_API_SCOPES
      • BEFORE_CLI_COMMANDS
      • AFTER_CLI_COMMANDS
    • When an add-on is built, following README variants will be created:
      • BB code version at _dev/resource_description.txt for resource descriptions
      • Markdown version at README.md for any VCS repository

Requirements
  • PHP 7.3.0+

Options
GroupNameDescription
Developer Tools (Debug only)Disable hash checkingFor development purposes disabling XF's hash check is required to hotpatch code
Developer Tools (Debug only)Disable XF Template watchingXF's template watching causes a large amount of IO per page, and doesn't touch phrases to template modification. Disable for a boost in performance if it isn't required.

CLI Commands
CommandDescription
tck-devtools:create-entity-from-tableCreates an XF entity for an add-on from a table.
tck-devtools:generate-schema-entityGenerates schema code from an entity
tck-devtools:better-exportExports the XML files for an add-on and applies class properties to type hint columns, getters and relations
tck-devtools:add-phrase
tck-devtools:clamp-versionsEnsures an add-on does not have phrases or templates with version id's above the addon.json file.
tck-devtools:create-class-extensionCreates an XF class-extension for an add-on and writes out a basic template file.
tck-devtools:build-readmebuild readme

Scripts
There are some wrapper scripts under scripts directory provided by Xon which can be helpful.

License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.
Author
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Latest updates

  1. Developer Tools 1.5.0

    New: Add tck-devtools:finder-class-properties command to apply class properties to type hint...
  2. 1.4.3

    Fix: Command tck-dt:entity-class-properties does not set getters and relations make use of...
  3. 1.4.2

    Fix: Command tck-dt:entity-class-properties duplicates class hint for getters (#120)
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