EE Roadshow Wrap-up and Developer Tools

October 6, 2009 at 9:16am • 18 minutes • Short URL • Wiki Entry

In episode two, Ryan and Dan discuss feedback on the first episode, the EE Roadshow conference, which took place last Friday in Seattle and some useful developer tools. Also, don't miss Ryan quizzing Dan on EE trivia.

Links for this episode:

• "EE Roadshow":http://eeroadshow.com 2009 in Seattle. Ryan spoke at the conference this past Friday and details about the talks and some slides (not yet posted) are available on the EE Roadshow website.
• Coming up later this month is "EECI 2009":http://eeci2009.com in Leiden, The Netherlands.
• "Read Ryan's EE Roadshow Wrap-up post on EE Insider":http://eeinsider.com/blog/ee-roadshow-wrap-up/.
• "Viget Labs lists some of their favorite EE tools":http://www.viget.com/inspire/awesome-expressionengine-tools/. You might know some of these but maybe there's a new one on the list to try out.
• Useful Add-on: "ER Developer Toolbar":http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/131026/ Erik Reagan put together a plugin that displays quick links to oft-used preferences and configuration screens in the Control Panel. You place the plugin tag in your front-end templates for easy access.
• "SL Developer Info":http://www.experienceinternet.co.uk/resources/details/sl-developer-info/. All of your settings and other EE information in one place. With this extensions you get quick links to everything you need to build an EE site. Very, very handy.
• "LG Add Sitename":http://leevigraham.com/cms-customisation/expressionengine/lg-add-sitename/ Not only does it display the site name in the top left of the Control Panel, but it optionally displays server time information. Great for debugging issues with entries not appearing when you think they should.
• "EE Database Tables Diagram":http://emberapp.com/leevigraham/images/ee-tables Leevi Graham put together a diagram of the EE database tables. A potentially useful reference sheet while developing add-ons.

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