Building with XenForo 2: Getting started

Welcome to a new series of videos taking an in-depth look at building an add-on for XenForo 2. These videos will take you step-by-step through various tools and technologies available for you to use. Part 1: This first video of the series contains a brief introduction to the series, and then takes you through the first steps involved in starting your add-on development. Topics covered: 00:00 Introduction 00:57 The written tutorial 01:22 Required skills 02:06 System requirements 02:25 Segue 02:41 Toolkit 03:57 Enabling development mode 04:49 Creating a new add-on with the command-line 05:44 ID for your add-on 07:30 Version numbering 09:01 Setup.php 09:16 addon.json 09:31 Setting a custom icon 10:15 Default add-on 11:56 Namespacing templates 12:41 Development output files Building a XenForo 2 add-on playlist: - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL71lyEf0D9ic8GyK9AoTVH2dANbVE-KVu Useful links: XenForo.com - https://XenForo.com XenForo developer documentation - https://XenForo.com/docs/dev Development environment setup guides - MacOS - https://xenforo.com/docs/dev/macos-dev/ - Windows - https://xenforo.com/docs/dev/windows-dev/ - Linux - https://xenforo.com/docs/dev/linux-dev/ - XDebug with Visual Studio Code - https://xenforo.com/docs/dev/vscode/ The XenForo 1.0 video series from 2010 - Part 1 - https://vimeo.com/16893821 - Part 2 - https://vimeo.com/17010931 - Part 3 - https://vimeo.com/17086181