Note:

If you want to create a new page for developers, you should create it on the Moodle Developer Resource site.

Setting up ViM

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Setting up Vim for Moodle Development

There are many powerful features available in vim, here are a few tips to ensure you get powerful use out of vim with moodle development

Old Progress Bar

function print_progress($done, $total, $updatetime=5, $sleeptime=1, $donetext='')

OOP Progress Bar

Usage:

set_time_limit(0);
$pb = new progressbar('bar', 500);
$pb->create();
$num_tasks = 200; // the number of tasks to be completed.
for($cur_task = 0; $cur_task <= $num_tasks; $cur_task++)
{
    for ($i=0; $i<100000; $i++)
    {
        ;;;
    }
    $pb->update_adv($cur_task, $num_tasks, 'this is'. $cur_task . 'h');
}
?>
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<?php
$pt = new progressbar('zbar', 900);
$pt->create();
$num_tasks = 200; // the number of tasks to be completed.
for($cur_task = 0; $cur_task <= $num_tasks; $cur_task++)
{
    for ($i=0; $i<100000; $i++)
    {
        ;;;
    }
    $pt->update_adv($cur_task, $num_tasks, 'this is'. $cur_task . 'h');
}