Elgg 1.8 Social Networking

Elgg developer resources

Several resources for developers were briefly mentioned in the first chapter. Here they are with more detail:

• Wiki documentation (http://docs.elgg.org/). The Elgg wiki has an overview of the framework, tutorials, frequently asked questions, and information on contributing to the Elgg project. It also has a list of commonly used functions in plugin development. This list is also available as a PDF from the Keetup development team at http://www.keetup.com/download/elgg-cheatsheet.pdf.
• API Reference (http://reference.elgg.org). All the documentation in the code is extracted and made available in this web resource. Its best use is searching for functions.
• Coding standards and best practices. Elgg has its own coding standard and ...