OXID Module Skeleton Generator

Folders structure, empty classes and metadata generation for new OXID eShop modules.

Enter Your copyright data in the module settings
Open an easy to use Module Generator Wizard
Enter new module name and optional components
Press "Generate New Module" and its done - new module is now ready to be activated and filled with features!

OXID Module Skeleton Generator features

Fully configurable vendor/author parameters for new modules creation
Vendor folder and vendor metadata automatic creation
Standard module folders structure creation
Completely filled module medatada file generation
Naming based on vendor data and module name
Created modules follow OXID standards
Automatic creation of pre-filled README file
Generation of PHP files comments with all vendor and module data
Main module class is included in each generated module
- It contains activation/deactivation events
- Support automatic SQL execution on the events
- The class "knows" about its module and provides useful methods
Generation of skeleton files for...
- Overloaded (extend) classes
- New controllers (also templates are created)
- Model classes
- List model classes (linked with item model classes)
- Widgets (also with templates)
Smarty blocks metadata and templates generation
Module settings metadata and translations generation
Translation files creation
Module version
Automatic checkout of tests folder
- And generation of pre-filled tests classes for each new module class
- Configurable GIT repository URL to get tests folder from
Learning mode
- Creation of hints and to do tasks inside generated files to help proceed with development
- Sample source code generation to give a hint what each class could/should contain
Generated module is immediately working
- Activate it and events, settings, blocks, controllers, etc. will already be in action!

Make sure eShop modules/ folder (and also Your vendor sub-folder, if it exists) is writable
Log in to eShop administration area
(for first run) Go to Extensions -> Modules -> OXID Module Skeleton Generator -> Settings -> Vendor and Copyright Settings and enter Your vendor, copyright and author data
Open Module Generator -> Wizard (refresh page if it did not appear after module activation)
Enter a name for a new module in "UpperCamelCase" format, e.g. "MyModule"
(optionally) Enter any other options required in a new module (refer to help hints for more info)
Press "Generate New Module" button
The module skeleton source is now available in Your vendor sub-folder
And the module could be activated already in Extensions -> Modules

Refactor longer classes to move some methods elsewhere
Extend blocks definition validation and blocks templates naming
EDIT mode feature: for existing modules, generate/add extra stuff
Create nice looking generation form with JS/AJAX events to validate and help enter proper values (auto-complete)
Admin interface presets generation, also with menu.xml
Generate picture with PNG text overlay with real module name
PHPStorm style schemes (or some code beautifier) integration - after generation do code formatting
Copy not all folders, but only required ones (Refactor copyDir by providing "copy scenario" array)
dbEvent fail on multi-shops and multi-lang in real life projects - need PHP based DB installation