Topics

In this session, module developers will receive an introduction to the Views 7.3 API:

• API overview
• embedding Views in code
• defining default Views
• declaring new tables to Views
  • standalone tables
  • tables joined to other existing tables
  • fields: real, virtual
  • altering existing definitions
• Writing handlers (intro)
• Writing plugins (intro)

Code samples

• declaring Views integration
• declaring a base table (View type)
• defining a code-based (default) View
• writing an Access plugin
• writing an Area handler

Prerequisites / Limitations

Attendees should be knowledgeable about module writing and about Views UI use.

Not covered due to limited time: in-depth treatment of advanced field techniques, query altering, various handler and plugin types, themeing, noSQL views, i18n in views.

Following dereine's previous presentation on Views 7.3 is warmly recommended.

Slides

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Code

Available from http://blog.riff.org/2011_03_16_developing_to_the_views_73_api_slides_fr...