Extbase the good parts

Most of the times Extbase is not the best choice.

Why?

Because nowadays we have:

• Form Framework
• FLUIDTEMPLATE / Standalone Fluid
• DataProcessors

But if you need Extbase, it offers some good parts, which will be explained below with working unit tests.

local

Start

Execute the following:

git clone https://github.com/DanielSiepmann/extbase-the-good-parts.git
cd extbase-the-good-parts

Clean everything:

rm -rf composer.lock vendor web Results

Installation development dependencies using composer:

composer install

Links:

• https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/ExtbaseFluidBook/
• https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/ExtbaseGuide/

Dependency Injection

• Method injection
• Annotation
• Constructor

See:

• https://daniel-siepmann.de/Posts/2017/2017-08-17-typo3-injection.html
• https://daniel-siepmann.de/Posts/Migrated/2015-10-20-extbase-inject-settings.html

Property Mapping

See web/typo3/sysext/extbase/ext_localconf.php, https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/ExtbaseFluidBook/10-Outlook/4-Property-mapping.html

Validation

Command Controllers

TypoScript Configuration

See https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/ExtbaseFluidBook/b-ExtbaseReference/Index.html#typoscript-configuration

Settings array

ObjectAccess from Fluid

See

• web/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/Core/Variables/CmsVariableProvider.php
• web/typo3/sysext/extbase/Classes/Reflection/ObjectAccess.php

Configuration Mapping DB

See https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/ExtbaseFluidBook/b-ExtbaseReference/Index.html#persistence