Hi all,
I've gone through the developer documentation but am still uncertain of how to start off and would be really grateful if people could point me in the right direction..
I am going to be implementing a plugin for moodle as part of my final year project. It would be dealing with resources such as web pages, assignment submissions and student grades. I understand I need to apply for access to the CVS? Where can I gain access to a sample template plugin layout/structure?
Hi Megan,
You might find it useful to run through the developer course at http://dev.moodle.org/ - check out the "introduction to Moodle programming" course. You only need to apply for write access to CVS - read access is public. I'd suggest working through the course above, and then working on your plugin - if, at the end of it, it's something that you think is worth including in the Moodle HQ repository's contrib section (and you have the applicable rights to do so), you can organise that later. You can, of course, use your own CVS (or Git, or any other SCM system) repository for your own development - and you can also submit your plugin to the Moodle plugins database without needing CVS access.
I am not sure if this would be helpful, but I wrote a short tutorial a few months ago on how to get started writing a plug in. It is available here: