[Building Sakai] Create new Plugin

[Marcel Drachmann]

Hi all,

I got a web app with Spring MVC up and running now, but I hassle with 
the integration into Sakai, the tool.xml and the servlet filter.

Kaltura is a nice project to begin with, I got it deployed and according 
to the logs it is doing something, but I am not able to see some of the 
pages such as /listCollections.htm.

Is there a project with Spring MVC that integrates into the portal, 
maybe even the Administration workspace? That question goes together 
with the servlet configuration. How do I integrate my application into 
the portal and display pages inside of the main content area. I read 
through the hole 
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BOOT/Sakai+Programmer+Manual, but 
I am not yet able to answer these questions. Please point me to the 
right direction.

The documentation under 
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BOOT/Sakai+app+and+tool+naming+tips 
tells me how to name the tool, but is there more documentation on what 
is <category name="course" /> doing or for further options?

Thanks a lot!

Cheers
Marcel



On 07/22/2013 12:40 PM, Steve Swinsburg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sakai tools are as simple as a webapp with a few additional lines of xml in
> the web.xml and a tool registration file (also xml). Have a look at the
> resources here:
> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BOOT/Sakai+Programmer+Manual
>
> Once you get a basic webapp going, you can start using the Sakai API to get
> information about users and sites etc.
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Marcel Drachmann <drachman at inf.fu-berlin.de
>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sakai Devs,
>>
>> I try to create a new Sakai plugin for 2.9.2 since some days, but I
>> could not find exact information on how to do it. Please point me in the
>> right direction.
>>
>> I want it to be a Spring MVC project, if that is important.
>>
>> - Sakai App Builder seems to be outdated.
>> - Sakai Spring MVC Maven Archetype goes to the right direction, but
>> without documentation I do not know which file does what and how to
>> extend it in the right way. I need more information on how to integrate
>> it with core Sakai.
>> - Sakai Sample Code seems to be outdated too.
>>
>> So please give me a hint on realiable information
>> - how to structure a new sakai plugin
>> - which files are necessary for what
>> - how to access and integrate with core Sakai.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your help!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Marcel
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