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Automated code review

Moodle issues submitted for review and inclusion into core are examined by our continuous integration (ci) system and checked against various automated tests. We use the automated checks to help improve the code quality in Moodle.

Composer

Use composer to download Moodle code

Development tools

A range of tools are available to make your life as a Moodle developer easier, and your development faster. These range from editor and IDE integrations, to linting tools which helps your code meet Moodle's Coding style, to build tools essential to the build process.

Exception Tracing

Exceptions, and errors are a fact of life as a developer, and dealing with them in development should be as easy and painless as possible.

Generator tool

The Generator tool is a Moodle administration tool that allows you to generate test data for your Moodle site. It is helpful for testing and development purposes, as it can create a large number of users, courses, and other entities in a short time.

Gitpod

Gitpod is a free, cloud-based platform with IDE integration that provides a suitable development environment directly in a browser.

Moodle Development Kit

Every developer creates simple tools to avoid repeating cumbersome and/or boring tasks, and that is precisely why MDK has been created: to pack all those useful tools in a portable way across systems. Initially developed in Bash, the project moved to Python to avoid dealing with inconsistencies between Unix platforms, and eventually to support Windows.

PHP CodeSniffer

PHPCodeSniffer is a tool used to analyse PHP code using a set of rules. In many cases these rules can be used to automatically fix the errors they identify.