SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation

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• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 0
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  These slides are meant to give developers and overview of what they can do with Semantic MediaWiki and how to do it. They are mainly meant to be used as presentation but can also serve as a lightweight alternative to the Programmer's guide.

  • bit.ly/smw-dev

  Prerequisites

  • Basic usage of MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki
  • Basic programming skills
  • An understanding of version control systems

  Good to have

  • Experience with PHP and JavaScript
  • Experience with MediaWiki development
  • Experience with Git
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 1
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  MediaWiki

  • PHP & JavaScript
  • GNU GPL v2+
  • Public Git repos
  • Wikimedia Foundation and many third parties
  • Many extensions
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 1.1
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  MediaWiki: getting started

  Read-only access

  • Set up git
  • git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git

  Developer access

  • Set up git
  • Request developer access
  • Set up git review
  • git clone ssh://<YOUR USERNAME>@gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/mediawiki/core.git
  • Submit a change for review
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 1.2
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  MediaWiki extensions

  • Get existing extensions
    • git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki.git
    • git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/Validator.git
  • Request your own repository
  • Different levels of access
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 1.3
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  • Developing extensions
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 1.4
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  MediaWiki extension points

  • API
  • Hooks
  • Parser extensions 0, 1
  • Special Pages
  • Skins
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 1.5
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  Further MediaWiki resources

  • How to become a MediaWiki hacker
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 2.0
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  SMW extension points

  • Ask API, Special page "Ask"
  • Result formats
  • Writing data values
  • Store
  • Hooks
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 3.0
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  Creating SMW extensions

  • No different then regular MediaWiki extensions
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 4.0
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  • Writing result printers
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 5.0
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  • Writing data values
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 6.0
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  • Writing form inputs
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 7.0
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  Where to find documentation

  • Programmer's guide
  • Category:Developer documentation

  Where to find help

  • Developer mailing list
  • Semantic MediaWiki chatroom
• SMWCon Fall 2012/Developing SMW (extensions)/Presentation/Slide 8.0
  

  Developing SMW extensions

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  Before you dive in

  • Ask for feedback on the idea
  • Ask for feedback on implementation plans
  • RTFM