Claroline Development Wiki

Claroline Technical Documentation :

Need to know something about the Claroline code?

• Claroline Database Structure
• API : Libraries & classes
• Configuration files (fr)
• Claroline used icons
• Claroline Tools
• Modules

User and Manager Documentation wikis

If you search documentation about claroline installation, usage, help, ... Visit:

Up to date...

• Documentation of Claroline (http://www.claroline.net/doc/en)
• Documentation de Claroline (http://www.claroline.net/doc/fr)

in progress...

• Dokumentation von Claroline (http://www.claroline.net/doc/de)
• Documentazione di Claroline (http://www.claroline.net/doc/it)
• Documentación de Claroline (http://www.claroline.net/doc/es)
• Documentatie van Claroline (http://www.claroline.net/doc/nl)
• Documentação de Claroline (http://www.claroline.net/doc/pt)

If you are interested to translate the Claroline Documentation Web site in your own language, send a mail to info@claroline.net.

Claroline Translations :

Here is the latest report of the evolution of the claroline translation in the CVS :

• 23 languages fully translated.

See the translation progression Use the claroline translation tool to help us and send us your updated files.

Claroline

Welcome on the Claroline development Wiki. This wiki is an open place to debate about anything concerning the development of Claroline. You will already find a lot of technical information about the community and the claroline code here.

• Claroline 1.8 feature list
• Future development worklist
• Available projects
• Changes in claroline 1.9.x
• Changes in claroline 1.8.x
• Changes in claroline 1.7.x
• Changes in claroline 1.6.x
• Features 1.3.0 1.2.0
• upgrade

Claroline community

• Who is who : Tell who you are, see who we are.
• Whishlist : What should be in Claroline? What is really missing?
• Developer Chat (IRC) : Meet the Claroline developers on the IRC channel
• Forum : Use forum to report bugs
• Meeting : Next meeting with the Claroline developers community
• Collaboration : How can I collaborate to improve Claroline?
• Blogs & news : Blogs and news across the web about claroline.

Development Tools

Useful links and tools to contribute :

• CVS & Nightlybuild : get the latest "in development" version of Claroline.
• Claroline Bug Tracker : See the bugs already reported and fixed on the Claroline CVS.
• Checklists for test : procedure to test Claroline and before release.
• Translation tools : recommanded tools to optimize the translation of Claroline in your language.
• Fill tools : fill your campus with test and fake datas.
• check code : request an checking of a file existing on CVS
• Tests : tests on code

Development Guidelines

Developping for Claroline, read this first to fully integrate your new tools into the Claroline core application.

• Claroline script template : Read this page first if you want to start writing your first own script for Claroline
• Coding Rules : Rules to follow in writing your own code for Claroline, following them improves its integration into the Claroline kernel
• Programming Tips : Types in structuring your codes, using Claroline librairies,...
• Claroline Interface Rules : How to design the user interface in your new tool according to the existing Claroline interface

Refactoring discussions

Latest hot topics in the Claroline code refactoring, there are still a lot of things to improve! :

• Restructuring Claroline folders
• Restructuring main database and course database
• Restructuring the claroline icons
• Use claro_unquote_gpc function
• Implementing SCORM 2004
• Plugin system modelisation
• Class refactoring
• Translation
• Configuration refactoring
• Security

Réflexions

Aventures cérébrales et approches théoriques selons divers axes.

• l'intégration avant tout
• idée sur les classes, l'architecture, les structures de données,
• Claroline vu par un enseignant, étudiant, conseiller pédagogique, gestionnaire technique, gestionnaire administratif, développeur de claroline, traducteur
• Cas d'utilisations en tout genre