Tips on Developing Silverstripe Applications

Here's a handful of tips dedicated to all Silverstripe CMS developers out there (because I myself develop SilverStripe applications too).

Debugging an SS Application? Go check this out before messing around your app.
First and foremost, go to this page for an in-depth info about this matter.

Have you tried Sapphire Development Tools yet? 
I know you're already familiar with /dev/build. This helps a lot in my development in that this takes care of the building and restructuring of my App's database. But aren't you curious of what's inside /dev? Come on! Better go check that out yourself if you haven't done so.

They have these nifty Url Variable Tools
If you've manage to install an SS application and set a custom theme for it, then chances are you already have tried using /?flush=1 or /?flush=all. Well don't you know that there are more of these available for you to use and abuse? Ha! Check this out.

Site Configuration is very important
Stuffs like, "what do I do to login to my application? ...can't remember my admin password."..or "I want to enable basic Spam Protection in my forms"..or "how do i find the location of the cached templates?". All these and some more can be found here.

Documenting the SS Template Files
To add a comment into a template file which will be hidden in Published site, use the ff syntax:
<%-- put your comments here --%>

Assigning a Custom Page for Security Login
Login page normally defaults to Page.ss since Security_login.ss is not available during install. This means that it is possible to create your own Login template by naming it with Security_login.ss.


...more tips will be added here soon!


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