Development:NEWMODULE Documentation

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This first draft of Moodle Docs page about the creation of a new module is divided into the following sections:

• Development:NEWMODULE Tutorial
• Development:NEWMODULE Reference
• Development:NEWMODULE FAQ
• Development:NEWMODULE Adding capabilities

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Danielle, did you know about Development:Modules, which is linked to from Developer_documentation#Make_a_new_plugin? You may be better off editing that, rather than starting a new page. However don't let me discourage you. That documentation is very limited, and badly needs to be expanded, so it is absolutely brilliant that you want to work on it.--Tim Hunt 12:03, 28 March 2008 (CDT)

Good point Tim! Anyway... I think we can use this as temporary root for Daniele's work and then, simply, move things to their final place. Let's see how this evolves. -- Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) 12:33, 28 March 2008 (CDT)

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My powerpoint about creating moodle modules is a bit old (1.8) and maybe not that comprehensible but I use it when I'm trying to explain things to people. It includes a list of all the things you need to have in a module, except the ones I forgot (backuplib iirc is missing). Sam marshall 12:52, 28 March 2008 (CDT)

That's really great, Sam. For sure that presentation will help.Thanks! -- Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) 13:08, 28 March 2008 (CDT)

To download the newmodule package, please refer to:

   * 1.8: http://download.moodle.org/plugins18/mod/NEWMODULE.zip
   * 1.9: http://download.moodle.org/plugins19/mod/NEWMODULE.zip
   * HEAD: http://download.moodle.org/plugins/mod/NEWMODULE.zip

Although you can download the newmodule package for moodle 1.8, such as 1.9 and head, this tutorial is intended for the newmodule development in Moodle 1.9 ONLY.

Let's start by getting an idea about what you find in the newmodule folder taken from http://download.moodle.org/plugins19/mod/NEWMODULE.zip NEWMODULE:

   01)    db:
   02)        install.xml
   03)        upgrade.php

04) icon.gif 05) index.php 06) lang: 07) en_utf8: 08) help: 09) newmodule: 10) index.html 11) mods.html 12) newmodule.php 13) lib.php 14) mod_form.php 15) README.txt 16) version.php 17) view.php

See also

• Moodle Developers' Course
• Development:Modules
• Where to put language strings for your plugin
• Defining the database tables for your plugin