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Extension Builder

This page is intended to give you some overview about the workflow we suggest.

What is this extension builder about?

Domain Driven Design

View Putting the Model to Work and Strategic Design by Eric Evans to get an introduction into Domain Driven Design (DDD).

Domain Modelling

At first, you will start creating your Domain Model with a graphical editor. This editor will do the following for you: Have a look at the Documentation Using the Extension Builder for more details.

Go to the Domain Modeller

Iterative model refinement

The first version of the model will usually not be the one you'll use lateron. That's why you should take your time, and improve your model.
Useful things to know: When you start to modify the generated files, but still want to use the graphical modeler to extend your model, you have to enable the roundtrip feature in the Extension Builder settings in the Extension Manager.
You will find a file in your extension directory Configuration/ExtensionBuilder/settings.yaml.
There you can configure which files should be overwritten, kept or merged if you save your model.
A good practice would be, to let the Extension Builder generate the Partials for form fields and properties for you and include them in your templates.

Please have a look at the Security section to avoid unsecure extensions!