4. Workflow for developping an extension

This is a short guide on how to develop extensions efficiently.

4.1. Creating a new extension

To create an extension, download the files contained inside the repository tozti-boilerplate.This will setup the build process in order to develop an extension using sass and vue-js.

4.2. Working on an extension

Working on an extension can be splitted into several steps:

Firstly, you must install the extension. For that, first install Tozti and then either:

• clone the extension you want to work on inside tozti/extensions
• clone the extension elsewhere and create a simlink from tozti/extensions/<yourextensionname> to the directory of the extension (for more ‘advanced’ users)

Secondly, setup your extension. For instance, execute npm install and npm run build (inside your extension’s directory).

Then, launch Tozti in the background. If, while you’re developping your extension, you are updating the server part of the extension, then you will have to stop and start Tozti again. Otherwise if you are only working on the javascript part you should not touch to Tozti anymore.

Finally, you can execute npm run watch in the background. This will allow the javascript part of the extension to be build automatically. You should not touch to this process either.

If you followed every step, then to see the changes you made to your extension you should only have to reload the webpage inside your webbrowser!