OpenACS 4.6 Package Tutorial

by Joel Aufrecht
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Overview

How to create a package. Includes

  • Using the APM

  • Package create scripts, including using acs_objects and standard __new, __delete, and __name stored procedures.

  • Integrating with the content management system

  • Integrating with OpenFTS/Oracle full text search

  • Integrating with notifications

  • Creating .tcl/adp pairs, including ad_page_contract and the template system

  • Integrating with general_comments

  • Ad_form (draw from http://jongriffin.com/static/openacs/ad_form/using-ad-form)

  • Automated testing

  • caching

  • writing procs, ad_proc, tcl namespaces

  • putting all sql code in .xql, including using partialquery

  • using the html/text entry widget

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