How to create a YUI 3 module
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This document explain how to create a YUI 3 module in Moodle.
The two ways to write a YUI 3 module
- create a static module like /rating/module.js. It is the easiest and quickest way. You choose this way because...
- create a flexible and extendable module like /mod/glossary/yui/autolinker/autolinker.js. It is the hard way. You choose this way because...
The static module
- Create a module.js file somewhere
- The two way Moodle can load this file are:
- the file is in core: declare the file into /lib/outputrequirementslib.php/find_module($component)
[code php] //example: case 'core_rating':
$module = array('name' => 'core_rating', 'fullpath' => '/rating/module.js', 'requires' => array('node', 'event', 'overlay', 'io', 'json'));
[/code]
- the file is in a local plugin: the first line of your module should be
[code]
M.local_xxx = {
[/code]
xxx being your plugin directory name.
- Write a first module
[code] M.local_hub={
Y : null, transaction : [],
init : function(Y){ alert('hub module initialisation'); this.Y = Y; },
} [/code]
- Call your first modul. It is better if it's in a php renderer script
[code php] $this->page->requires->js_init_call('M.local_hub.init'); //or $PAGE->requires->... if it's in not in a renderer [/code]