Presentation with information for Dolibarr developers done during Christmas devcamp 2016 in Valence. Tricks and tips for dolibarr developers.

1. DevCamp - Valence 2016
Laurent Destailleur – Project leader
2016-12
Dolibarr ERP CRM
Information for developers

2. GitHub - Meaning of version / issue tags
Version tags
x.y.z => x=major, y=minor, z=fixes => y should be often 0
Issue labels on GitHub
PR to merge
PR need tester feedbacks
PR not qualified
PR postponed
PR to fix or conflict to solve

3. Demo of a release process
makepack_dolibarr.pl
Create the filelist.xml file.
Build packages.
Check ChangeLog was completed.
Create Git tag.
Send packages on official storage (https://www.dolibarr.org/files/stable)
Send packages to sourceforge mirrors
Announcement is still published manually

4. Mysql “strict mode” is mandatory during development
https://wiki.dolibarr.org/index.php/Language_and_development_rules#Mysql_specificities
Use of skeleton => New repository to build a module
https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr-module-template (need to be updated but should replace
skeleton directory in the future)
PHP Units
Do not rely on non stable or hidden features (non official and experimental).
They might be removed at any time, no announcement, no support and no
migration provided -> to ask a hidden feature to be moved as stable, open a
“Feature Request”
Remind of best practice - for developers

5. Review your screenshot with 5.0 (not for new features but for new look):
50% of new visitors go to see screenshots. They make their opinion on this.
Do not build your business plan on selling modules or source code
Remind of best practice - for business

6. Create a demo with real data with the initdemo.sh script
Use <div class="div-table-responsive"> <table> … </table> </div>
Filter on __DAY__, __MONTH__, __YEAR__ on url.
Repair corrupted data with /install/repair.php
Use &logtohtml=1 on URL.
Use new properties into your module descriptor
$this->descriptionlong = "A very long description. Can be a full HTML content";
$this->editor_name = 'Editor name';
$this->editor_url = 'http://www.dolibarr.org'
Things that should be more known

7. The new REST APIs
No more SOAP services will be added
Let’s have a live demo of the REST API explorer...