Developer Guide

Welcome, developers! Here you’ll find a collection of resources to help you contribute to ThinkTank.

Get Acquainted

Familiarize Yourself with ThinkTank’s Objects and Interfaces — Browse our PHPDocumentor-based, auto-generated source code docs.
Developer Guide: ThinkTank's Model-View-Controller Implementation — See how ThinkTank implements the MVC design pattern.

Developer Guide: Get the Source Code from GitHub and Keep It Updated — Here’s how to install the ThinkTank app for use and development.
Developer Guide: Setting Up Eclipse PDT — Not sure what IDE to use? Here’s how to set up Eclipse to work with ThinkTank. It’s free and cross-platform.

Developer Guide: File Naming Conventions — Know where to save and how to name your files.
Developer Guide: How to Change the Database Structure — Modify the data structure.
Developer Guide: Data Access Objects (DAO's) – Design your data access objects.
Developer Guide: How to Write Great Unit Tests — Test-driven ThinkTank development best practices.
Code Style Guide — Make your PHP, Smarty, CSS, JavaScript, and HTML look good.
Plugins: Developer Guide — Get started with plugins.
Design Patterns — Frontend design/UI patterns to follow.

Developer Guide: Pull Request Checklist — All done? Run through this checklist before you issue a pull request.