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Faster way to build extensions in AbanteCart
« on: November 13, 2012, 01:02:24 PM »
Attention Extension Developers!

Please try "Extension Developer Tools". These tools will help you build extension faster and avoid dealing with manual process of files and directories creations. You can build language definitions with these tools as well.

Lear more:
http://www.abantecart.com/abantecart-extension-categories/67-utilities/80-abantecart-extension-developer-tools

Any contribution to future expansion of these tools are welcome!!
« Last Edit: November 14, 2012, 09:58:54 AM by abantecart »
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Re: Faster way to build extensions in AbanteCart
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2012, 10:42:53 AM »
I suspect this is the update for which I've been waiting.

Will try it out pretty soon.  Thanks!

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Re: Faster way to build extensions in AbanteCart
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2012, 04:13:35 PM »
Yes. this is to replace first extension we had with extension builder.
Now we build on this extension and improve it to be come extension dev suite.

We plan to add more features to generate code based on all AbanteCart extension API, such as menu, data set, attributes, forms, layout, etc.

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Re: Faster way to build extensions in AbanteCart
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2013, 12:23:56 PM »
Have installed your developper_tool
Gives an entry (not translated) in system menu forwarding to an empty page. Huh.

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Re: Faster way to build extensions in AbanteCart
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2013, 02:59:28 PM »
Check the log for errors.
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Re: Faster way to build extensions in AbanteCart
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2013, 07:50:38 AM »
Cant post in code format here because:
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Sorry, you are not allowed to post external links.

Log says (v1.0):
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2013-12-24 11:50:40 - App Error:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 Missing default English definition XML file for developer_tools/developer_tools ! in D:\Wamp\www\ABANTECART-1.1.7\public_html\core\engine\language.php on line 631

2013-12-24 11:50:40 - App Error:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 Could not load language developer_tools/developer_tools from file "D:/Wamp/www/ABANTECART-1.1.7/public_html/admin/language/english/developer_tools/developer_tools.xml"! in D:\Wamp\www\ABANTECART-1.1.7\public_html\core\engine\language.php on line 638

2013-12-24 11:51:15 - load error:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 Error: Could not load template D:/Wamp/www/ABANTECART-1.1.7/public_html/admin/view/default/template/pages/tool/developer_tools.tpl! in D:\Wamp\www\ABANTECART-1.1.7\public_html\core\engine\view.php on line 205

Install done with the tar.gz file.
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Re: Faster way to build extensions in AbanteCart
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2013, 10:33:00 PM »
I think you missed to copy some files in the package. Did you copy developer_tools directory to extensions directory on your abantecart?

https://github.com/abantecart/developer_tools_extension/tree/master/v1.0/code/extensions
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Re: Faster way to build extensions in AbanteCart
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2013, 11:41:50 AM »
Ok. I have downloaded the v1.0 developer_tools.tar.gz (by the link at top) which was not updated with many files missing. I took the zip on github and ok now. You should put a version/date in file name.
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Re: Faster way to build extensions in AbanteCart
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2015, 07:53:17 AM »
link in first post is dead

abantecart.com/abantecart-extension-categories/67-utilities/80-abantecart-extension-developer-tools

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Re: Faster way to build extensions in AbanteCart
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2015, 10:15:21 AM »
perhaps you missed that post was over 2 years ago  and further down in a more current post there is a new link.

This is the computer world,  the only thing that is constant is CHANGE  ;)

But thanks for reading and trying to learn about AbanteCart.

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Re: Faster way to build extensions in AbanteCart
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2015, 07:31:18 AM »
link in first post is dead

abantecart.com/abantecart-extension-categories/67-utilities/80-abantecart-extension-developer-tools

Check this one http://www.abantecart.com/shopping-cart-news/developer-tool-v12

 

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