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FarmData2 School

FarmData2 School is a collection of activities that will guide you from an introduction to FOSS and FarmData2, through installation of FarmData2 and then through the use of each of the key technologies used in FarmData2. Each activity includes practice using the technologies within the context of FarmData2. Thus, you'll learn not only the technologies, but will get comfortable working within the FarmData2 developer environment as well.

If you use these activities, please keep in mind that they were created for use as assignments in courses. Thus, you shouldn't feel obligated to answer every question and you should skip over any class specific parts that don't make sense outside of a course. When you have completed all of the activities you'll be well on your way to being a FarmData2 developer. In addition, while these activities will be updated as FarmData2 evolves, they may not be fully in synch with the latest code in the repository. If you run in to any issues, connect with the community on Zulip and ask a question.

The Activities

  • 00 - Introduction to FOSS & The FarmData2 Community [ docx | pdf ]
  • 01 - FarmData2 Developer Install [ docx | pdf ]
  • 02 - HTML Technology Spike [ docx | pdf ]
  • 03 - Vue Data Binding Technology Spike [ docx | pdf ]
  • 04 - Vue Events and JavaScript Functions Technology Spike [ docx | pdf ]
  • 05 - Web APIs Technology Spike [ docx | pdf ]
  • 06 - FarmOS API Technology Spike [ docx | pdf ]
  • 07 - FarmData2 Pages and Patterns (in development)
  • 08 - Cypress Testing (in development)

The FarmData2 School Module

FarmData2 is built using Drupal modules that run within FarmOS. For example, the FieldKit and BarnKit tabs in the FarmData2 interface are created by modules. The FD2 School tab is created by the fd2_school module and provides a space for you to work through the FarmData2 School Activities.

Adding a Sub-Tab to the FD2 School Tab

Most FarmData2 front-end development will consist of adding a new sub-tab to one of the FarmData2 tabs (i.e. the Field Kit or the Barn Kit). This section discusses how to add such a sub-tab to the FarmData2 School tab specifically.

Each FarmData2 School Activity will ask you to add a new sub-tab to the FarmData2 School Tab. To do this you will need to edit the fd2_school.module file. The following steps will guide you through that process.

  1. Ensure that a development instance of FarmData2 is up and running. See INSTALL.md for full instructions.

  2. Change into the directory containing your local FarmData2 repository and ensure that you are working on the feature branch requested for the FD2 School lesson on which you are working.

  3. Change to the fd2_school directory in the farmdata2/farmdata2_modules/ directory.

  4. Create a sub-directory for your new sub-tab. The instructions below will use the generic xyz as this name. You should replace xyz with the name of the sub-tab as indicated in the FD2 School activity you are working on.

  5. Use VSCodium in the development environment to open the the fd2_school.module file in the farmdata2/farmdata2_modules/fd2_school directory.

  6. Modify the fd2_school_menu function by adding the code that creates the $items entry for the XYZ sub tab as shown below:

    <?php
// ... omitted code ...
function fd2_school_menu() {
   
    // ... omitted code ...
    
    // Add items blocks for new sub-tabs here.

    // Add a sub-tab named XYZ with content in ./xyz/xyz.html.
    $items['farm/fd2-school/xyz'] = array(
        'title' => 'XYZ',
        'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK,
        'page callback' => 'fd2_school_view',
        'page arguments' => array('xyz'),
        'access arguments' => array('view fd2 school'),
        'weight' => 110,
    );

    return $items;
};
// ... omitted code ...
    • Customize the following four elements of the array as necessary for your new sub-tab:
      • farm/fd2-school/xyz: This is the URL to directly access the sub-tab. Replace xyz with the URL you want for your sub-tab (e.g. html for the first activity).
      • title: This defines the name of the sub-tab that appears in the FD2 School tab. Replace XYZ with the text you want to appear as the sub-tab title (e.g. HTML for the first activity).
      • page arguments: Replace xyz with the name of the directory that you created for the sub-tab you are creating.
      • weight: The weight controls the placement of the sub-tabs with respect to the others that appear. Sub-tabs with lower weights appear further left and those with higher weights appear further right. Choose weights such that sub-tabs for later FD2 School activities should appear to the right of earlier ones.

  7. Change into the directory for your sub-tab.

  8. Create an .html file inside the sub-tab directory. The name of the .html file must match the name of the direcotry. For example if the directory name is xyz then the filename must be xyz.html.

  9. Insert some dummy code into the .html file for now just to get the sub-tab up and visible. For example:

     <p>This is my sub-tab</p>
    • Note that it is not necessary to include all of the html elements (e.g. <html>, <head>, <body> etc). The code that you provide in this file is inserted into the <body> of the page when it is generated by Drupal.

  10. Clear the Drupal cache with the command: clearDrupalCache

    • You will need to clear the Drupal cache any time you make a change to a .module file. However, you will not need to clear this cache when you change the .html files.

  11. Visit the FarmData2 home page when logged in as a Farm Worker, a Farm Manager or as admin. Your new sub-tab should now be visible under the FD2 School tab.

    • You can find the login credentials that are available in the development environment on the INSTALL.md page.
    • If your tab does not appear, there are likely syntax errors in the fd2_school.module file or in your .html file. You can check the Drupal error logs for helpful information: http://fd2_farmdata2/admin/reports

  12. Work through the FarmData2 School Activity and replace the dummy code in your .html file with the code created in the activity.