Make - A TYPO3 extension to kickstart extensions and components

This TYPO3 extension allows to easily kickstart new TYPO3 extensions and components, such as Middlewares, Commands or Event listeners, by using an intuitive CLI approach.

TYPO3 Explained offers an extended tutorial on how to Kickstart a TYPO3 Extension with Make.

Installation

Install this extension as "dev" dependency via composer req b13/make --dev.

You can also download the extension from the TYPO3 Extension Repository and activate it in the Extension Manager of your TYPO3 installation.

Note: This extension is compatible with TYPO3 v10, v11, v12 and v13 and should only be used in development context. So please make sure it is excluded for production releases.

Usage

All components, including new extensions, can be created with a dedicated command, executed on CLI with the typo3 binary: bin/typo3 make:<component_name>.

Example for creating a new extension:

bin/typo3 make:extension

All commands are interactive, which means you have to configure the extension or component by answering the displayed questions. Most of them automatically suggest a best practice default value, e.g. for identifiers or namespaces, which can just be confirmed.

It's also possible to customize those default values using environment variables with the B13_MAKE_ prefix. The full list is shown below:

B13_MAKE_BACKEND_CONTROLLER_DIR - Default directory for backend controllers
B13_MAKE_BACKEND_CONTROLLER_PREFIX - Default prefix for the backend controllers' route identifier
B13_MAKE_COMMAND_DIR - Default directory for commands
B13_MAKE_COMMAND_NAME_PREFIX - Default prefix for commands
B13_MAKE_EVENT_LISTENER_DIR - Default directory for event listeners
B13_MAKE_EVENT_LISTENER_IDENTIFIER_PREFIX - Default identifier prefix for event listeners
B13_MAKE_EXTENSION_DIR - Default directory for extensions
B13_MAKE_MIDDLEWARE_DIR - Default directory for middlewares
B13_MAKE_MIDDLEWARE_IDENTIFIER_PREFIX - Default identifier prefix for middlewares
B13_MAKE_MIDDLEWARE_TYPE - Default context type for middlewares

All component related commands require an extension name, for which the component should be created. This can also be set as first argument or globally with the B13_MAKE_EXTENSION_KEY environment variable.

Commands

Following commands are available

make:backendcontroller - Create a new backend controller
make:command - Create a new command
make:eventlistener - Create a new event listener
make:extension - Create a new extension
make:middleware - Create a new middleware

Credits

This extension was created by Oliver Bartsch in 2021 for b13 GmbH, Stuttgart.

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