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Submissions/A brief introduction to MediaWiki extension development

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Review no.

109

Title of the submission

A brief introduction to MediaWiki extension development

Type of submission (workshop, tutorial, panel, presentation)

Workshop

Author of the submission

Andrew Garrett

E-mail address or username (if username, please confirm email address in Special:Preferences)

agarrett at wikimedia dot org

Country of origin

Australia

Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.)

Wikimedia Foundation

Personal homepage or blog

Personal website

Abstract (please use no less than 300 words to describe your proposal)

MediaWiki extensions provide an incredibly versatile and modular framework for modifying the behaviour of MediaWiki. However, the documentation on creating a MediaWiki extension can be intimidating and sparse. This workshop is a practical "down the rabbit hole" introduction to developing a MediaWiki extension — which, itself, is an excellent introduction to MediaWiki development.

This workshop will include an overview of the general architecture of a MediaWiki extension, including technical details, interfaces, best practices, conventions and common pitfalls. It will be supplemented by numerous examples.

Some of the tasks that will be covered will include:

  • Extending the parser with new wiki markup.
  • Modifying MediaWiki's interface behaviour with hooks.
  • Adding new special pages.
  • Keeping your extension secure.
Track (People and Community/Knowledge and Collaboration/Infrastructure)

Infrastructure

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?

Yes

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